Gartner Survey Finds 41% of CISOs Reported At Least One Social Engineering Incident Involving a Deepfake in the Past 12 Months

Gartner: 41% of CISOs Reported At Least One Social Engineering Incident Involving a Deepfake in the Past 12 Months

Forty-one percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) reported at least one social engineering incident involving a deepfake during an employee audio call in the previous 12 months, and 36% reported one during a video call, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. The survey conducted in March-May 2026 on 297 senior leaders of the cybersecurity function (CISO or equivalent) found that AI is i…

Gartner Survey Finds 41% of CISOs Reported At Least One Social Engineering Incident Involving a Deepfake in the Past 12 Months

Forty-one percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) reported at least one social engineering incident involving a deepfake during an employee audio call in the previous 12 months, and 36% reported one during a video call, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. The survey conducted in March-May 2026 […]

Social engineering with deepfakes on the rise

A significant 41% of chief information security officers (CISOs) reported at least one social engineering incident involving a deepfake during an employee audio call in the previous 12 months, and 36% reported one during a video call, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey conducted in March-May 2026 on 297 senior leaders of the cybersecurity function […]