As more companies put artificial intelligence to work beyond isolated applications, CompTIA says cybersecurity and staff AI training each appear in the spending plans of 48% of surveyed organizations.
The technology industry association characterized the rollout as moving past testing and individual productivity tasks into company operations. About six in 10 organizations were making that transition, although the announcement did not supply a precise figure.
Cybersecurity concerns were the second-largest challenge to AI adoption, CompTIA said. Respondents ranked the difficulty of balancing human employees’ roles with AI tools and agents ahead of security concerns.
Asked about organizational AI policies, 98% of respondents said risk management was important, 96% cited data protection and privacy, and 95% pointed to governance. These figures describe stated priorities; the announcement does not establish whether companies have put those protections in place.
CompTIA’s Aug. 25 announcement on its Corporate AI Adoption study provided earlier context. The study drew on a June 2026 survey of 1,027 business and technology professionals. CompTIA reported that 59% prioritized integrating AI into existing technology environments and business processes. It also said 78% saw room to improve data practices, while 57% of organizations facing skills challenges planned training in areas including AI, data management, cybersecurity and business process skills.
The latest 48% figures describe planned spending focus, not actual expenditures. The announcement gave no dollar amounts or timing for that spending and did not say how much of any AI budget would go to security or training.
Seth Robinson, CompTIA’s vice president of research, said AI safety, governance and workforce development are becoming “competitive advantages rather than compliance exercises.” The association linked the growing focus on execution risks to AI’s expansion into core business operations. It recommended extending existing risk and governance practices to AI, involving stakeholders across departments and investing in workforce readiness.
