We've curated 29 cybersecurity statistics about Data to help you understand how data breaches, encryption practices, and data privacy regulations are evolving in 2025. This insight will empower you to better protect your sensitive information.
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26.4% of all file uploads to generative AI tools contained sensitive data between July and September 2025, an increase from 22% in Q2 2025.
57% of sensitive data uploaded to generative AI tools is classified as business or legal data, with 35% of that involving contract or policy drafting.
15% of all sensitive data uploaded to generative AI tools involves personal or employee data, including identifiers such as names and addresses.
25% of all sensitive data disclosures involve technical data, with 65% of that consisting of proprietary source code copied into generative AI tools.
12% of all sensitive data exposures originate from personal accounts, including free versions of generative AI tools.
Roughly 29% of reviewed iOS shopping apps access user data without declaring it in their App Store Privacy Overview.
51% of firms identified data discovery as a top priority for improving audit readiness and control visibility.
65% of leaders have modified their strategies in response to new data sovereignty regulations.
92% of nonprofit funders expressed concerns about how AI might use nonprofit data.
82% of funders advise nonprofits to prioritize AI data quality and security.
Data breaches accounted for 17.4% of cyber incidents affecting public administration in the EU in 2024.
Identity-related breaches impacted 69% of global organizations in 2026, up from 42% the previous year.
24% of global organizations indicated that costs from identity-related breaches exceeded $10 million, a three-percentage-point increase from the previous year.
69% of global organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the last three years, marking a 27-percentage-point increase from the previous year.
Only 56% of Japanese respondents reported experiencing an identity-related breach in the past three years.
Just 1% of users are responsible for 76% of data loss events.
46% of organizations cite cloud and SaaS data sprawl as a top challenge. ).
31% of organizations say redundant or obsolete data poses significant risk.
32% of organizations flag unsupervised data access by agents as a critical threat.
96% of organizations surveyed experienced data loss or exposure from misdirected email in the past year.