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Signals in the Noise

What Cisco data reveals about life and work in an increasingly AI-driven world

AI ambition is widespread. Readiness is not.

More than 4 in 5 organizations plan to deploy AI agents

More than

organizations plan to deploy AI agents

Only 13% are capturing real AI value, which is unchanged in three years

Only

13%

are capturing real AI value, which is unchanged in three years

Only 1 in 3 have a process to measure AI impact

Only

1 in 3

have a process to measure AI impact

Cisco is already embedding its AI assistant, CIRCUIT, throughout the company

68K+ CIRCUIT average monthly active users

68K+

CIRCUIT average monthly active users

6 hours saved weekly per employee when using CIRCUIT

6 hours

saved weekly per employee when using CIRCUIT

15% average productivity increase per Cisco engineer

15%

average productivity increase per Cisco engineer

1 in 3 active users now rely on CIRCUIT every day

1 in 3

active users now rely on CIRCUIT every day

The constraint is infrastructure, not intelligence

Bar chart, 15 percent filled

Just 15% of organizations have networks fully ready for AI

Bar chart, 19 percent filled

Only 19% have fully centralized data

Bar chart, 51 percent filled

More than 1/2 expect AI workloads to grow more than 30% in the next 2–3 years

Bar chart, 69 percent filled

More than 2/3 expect workloads to grow more than 50% in the next 3–5 years

Scaling solutions has real-world impact

154 million people positively impacted through Cisco Foundation and Social Impact Investments

154 million

people positively impacted through Cisco Foundation and Social Impact Investments

40% of Cisco Foundation solutions operate at significant scale, reaching 1M+ people each

40%

of Cisco Foundation solutions operate at significant scale, reaching 1M+ people each

$42M additional funding catalyzed via Cisco Foundation

$42M

in funding catalyzed via Cisco Foundation investments

54% of Cisco Foundation solutions replicated across borders

54%

of Cisco Foundation solutions replicated across borders

As you scale, safety and security are critical

886 billion security events processed daily by Cisco Talos

886 billion

security events processed daily by Cisco Talos

Nearly 9 in 10 organizations experienced at least one AI-related security incident in the past year

Nearly

organizations experienced at least one AI-related security incident in the past year

3 in 5 Cisco Talos Incident Response cases involved identity-based attacks

3 in 5

Cisco Talos Incident Response cases involved identity-based attacks

Fewer than 10% of organizations are mature in identity security

Fewer than

10%

of organizations are mature in identity security

Only 4% of organizations are mature in cloud security

Only

4%

of organizations are mature in cloud security

Employee upskilling is essential

195 countries are active in Cisco Networking Academy

195 countries

are active in Cisco Networking Academy

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