The top three priority areas for deploying agentic AI solutions are cloud security (39%), data protection (39%), and cyber defence and operations (38%).

11% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Europe.

51% of all organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification managing international data flows report increased complexity in policy development and control implementation.

Only 38% of organizations over 20,000 employees actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

Organizations without governance tracking show 5 percentage points higher rates of low-encryption outcomes (20% vs. 15%).

59% of mid-market firms (5,000-9,999 employees) actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

Only 56% of organizations have fully implemented end-to-end encryption for all sensitive data.

While 95% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification track some governance tracking effectiveness metrics, only 38% have instituted comprehensive governance control and tracking systems.

Vendor compliance ranks as the second-highest challenge for the organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification (scoring 73 out of 100).

39% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification cite vendor compliance as a top concern. This is 7 percentage points higher than non-CMMC organizations.

Only 22% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification implement contractual security requirements with suppliers. This is below the 27% industry average.

The challenge of data inventory accuracy affects 27% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification. It ranks sixth among seven key challenges.

20% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Asia-Pacific.

7% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Middle East/Africa.

Just over half of organizations have centralized governance processes.

63% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in North America.

64% noted a direct push from the C-suite to adopt more proactive defense measures.