SCW Aug 2026 Main Int - Client Report 2026-Global-AI-Cyber-Maturity-Report -july 29 | Page 7

The Data Behind The Results

This report draws on more than 2,400 data points spanning 21 countries and 16 industries. We mapped every result to two NIST frameworks, the Cybersecurity Framework( CSF 2.0) and the AI Risk Management Framework( AI RMF 1.0), and measured Shadow AI exposure.

Maturity- NIST CSF 2.0

We scored the six core functions of the NIST CSF 2.0 framework:
GOVERN
IDENTIFY
PROTECT
Policies, accountability,
Asset visibility and
Safeguards and
and risk strategy
risk assessment
access controls
DETECT
RESPOND
RECOVER
Monitoring and
Incident response
Recovery planning
anomaly detection
and communication
and continuity
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