Lenovo research reveals a widening security gap as AI-driven cybercrime surges: 65% of IT leaders surveyed admit their defenses are outdated and unable to withstand AI-enabled attacks, and just 31% feel confident defending against them.
The new insights are drawn from Lenovo’s third Work Reborn report, Reinforcing the Modern Workplace. While AI is driving business improvements and efficiency gains, it is also fueling a new wave of cybercrime that most businesses are ill-equipped to defend against. This underscores the critical need for enterprises to adopt AI-driven strategies that can counter threats that learn, adapt, and evolve in real time. Lenovo is positioned to deliver this shift with end-to-end solutions that embed AI security into the digital workplace. With operations in 180 markets and a leader in enterprise technology, Lenovo brings unmatched scale to solving AI workplace challenges, from protecting sensitive data to countering evolving cyber threats.
The New Class of AI Threats
The advance of generative AI has supercharged cybercriminal strategies, enabling hyper-agile attacks. Modern AI-driven threats can mimic legitimate behavior, mutate to avoid detection, and span multiple domains – from cloud to endpoints, applications, and data repositories.
The report highlights the top concerns among IT leaders:
AI-powered external threats – from polymorphic malware and AI-driven phishing to deepfake impersonation, AI attacks are faster, more convincing, and harder to detect.
Insider risks – 70% of IT leaders surveyed see employee misuse of AI as a major risk, and more than 60% say AI agents create a new class of insider threat they are unprepared to manage.
Protection of AI itself – models, training data, and prompts are now high-value targets that must be defended against manipulation and compromise.
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