Research

Original cybersecurity research from CyBe Global and the CSA Bangalore Chapter, built with practitioners and CXO contributors across the community.

Upcoming research · Publishing 4 September 2026

The State of Agentic AI 2026

CyBe Global’s next flagship study, produced with the CSA Bangalore Chapter: how autonomous AI agents are being adopted across security operations, what new attack surface they open, and how far organisations have got with governing systems that act without a human in the loop.

Adoption of autonomous agents across security operations
The attack surface agentic systems introduce
Governing and assuring AI that acts without human approval

Published reports

September 2025

Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report 2025

A global study of the widening cybersecurity talent gap and what it costs organisations: which roles go unfilled, which skills employers cannot find, and what actually closes the distance.

4.8M global cybersecurity workforce gap
84% of organisations report a shortage of skilled professionals
Sharpest demand in AI, cloud and SOC security skills
Soft-skill gaps measurably degrade team effectiveness
AI and hands-on training identified as the key remedies

June 2025

CxO Insights: AI-Driven Cybersecurity

Insights from 100+ CISOs, CIOs and CTOs on how AI is being used across SOCs, threat detection, incident response and risk management, and where handing judgement to a model still costs more than the speed it buys.

82% of CXOs say AI improves threat detection speed and efficiency
Explainability, model integrity and data privacy named as top risks
Recommends AI governance frameworks and continuous model risk assessment

January 2022

Technology & Cloud Security Maturity Report

A global benchmarking study of enterprise cloud security and technology maturity, built with CSA Bangalore from 150+ responses across nine sections covering strategy, trends, challenges, innovation, cost, regulation and best practice.

Only 34% reached mature cloud security governance
56% had only partially implemented Zero Trust
Top multi-cloud blockers: security skills (26%), architectural difference (22%), governance (20%)
Predicted growth in Zero Trust (60%), AI/ML (43%) and serverless (42%)
Proposes a phased cloud security maturity model

Controls workbook

CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the RBI Gopalakrishna Committee Report

Maps the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix onto the Reserve Bank of India’s recommendations for IT and cybersecurity governance in financial services, giving banks and fintechs a single compliance view.

113 cloud security controls mapped to 12 RBI GKC focus areas
A regulatory compliance frame for banks and fintech
Sets out future alignment with CCM v4.0

Research leadership

Our studies are built with practitioner and CXO contributors across the community.

Satyavathi Divadari
Founder & President, CyBe Global
Madhu Bhat
Head of Research and Innovation, CSA Bangalore Chapter