Scaling Security in the Age of AI: How AI Innovation Relies on Investment and Best Practice

The rapid acceleration of AI is transforming the connected device ecosystem; fuelling consumer appetite, company imaginations, and driving more AI use cases to happen at the edge.

At the same time, it has raised unignorable business security concerns, with billions of AI-enabled devices leading to an unprecedented amount of personal data being processed on edge devices.

In this report, PSA Certified and Arm surveyed 1,200 decision makers worldwide, to discover:

  • Why there’s mixed sentiment around AI and security
  • The clear interconnect between AI and security
  • How security concerns around AI can unlock innovation and the confidence to create

Essential stats

69% of decision makers are currently placing more importance on security as a result of AI

85% believe that security concerns will drive more AI use cases to happen at the edge

78% believe they must do more to prepare for AI

There is an important interconnect between AI and security: one doesn’t scale without the other. It's imperative that those in the connected device ecosystem don’t skip best practice security in the hunt for AI features. The entire value chain needs to take collective responsibility and ensure that consumer trust in AI driven services is maintained. This report serves as a reminder that security is no longer a nice-to-have; and offers a resource for those who recognize the need to prepare and prioritize security investment.

David Maidment,
Senior Director, Secure Devices Ecosystem at Arm (a PSA Certified co-founder)

About PSA Certified

PSA Certified offers a framework for securing connected devices, from analysis and security assessment to best-practice guidance and certification. The framework aims to provide a standardized baseline of security that helps every part of a supply chain to comply with global security standards and create a secure future for the entire ecosystem.

About Arm

Arm technology is building the future of computing. Our energy-efficient processor designs and software platforms have enabled advanced computing in more than 290 billion chips and our technologies securely power products from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. Together with 1,000+ technology partners, we are enabling artificial intelligence to work everywhere, and in cybersecurity, we are delivering the foundation for trust in the digital world – from chip to cloud. The future is being built on Arm.