The intersection of Cyber <> AI is strong

This includes, in the economic sense, when we look at potential spending cuts or projected spending.

This data from Morgan Stanley's Q1 25 CIO survey shows that Security and AI are the least likely to be cut among IT projects if the economy worsens.

We also see that they account for the largest projected increase in spending.This is a signal if you're a vendor, startup, or investor.

If you're a practitioner, this applies to the workforce, tooling, and organizational budgets.

This can be helpful when trying to figure out where to build as a founder or where to focus your skills and competence as a practitioner. Of course, this doesn't mean AI and Security are invincible, but they do remain resilient in the budgetary sense.