By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
Publication Date: 2026-10-27 00:30:00
Only 38% of organisations in Singapore are confident they can detect and respond to a compromised AI agent, according to Cisco. Its latest survey also found that 89% suffered a material, business-disrupting cyber incident over the past year.
The Singapore results reflect a wider regional picture: across Asia Pacific, Japan and China, only 52% of organisations said they were confident they could detect and respond to a compromised AI agent.
The figures come from Cisco’s Relentless Defence Report, a survey of 8,000 security professionals across 30 markets. The study assessed organisations on the breadth of their security coverage, the speed of response and remediation, and the operational friction that slows teams down.
In Singapore, the average score was 63 out of 100. Just 6% of organisations qualified for the top-performing group Cisco calls Relentless Defenders, compared with 8% globally.
The report suggests many organisations are being held back less by a lack…
