Only 25% of retailers reported being prepared for AI-powered threats, despite 45% expecting such threats to occur.

33% of CISOs rank external threats as their number-one stressor.

Healthcare organizations experienced an average of five different types of cyber threats that impacted their organizations in the past year.

71% of Japanese respondents identified phishing as the top threat facing their organization, significantly higher than the global average.

90% of the most-clicked subject lines in simulated phishing emails reference internal topics.

49% of organizations reported an increase in AI-generated phishing, 48% reported an increase in AI-powered malware, and 47% reported an increase in AI-driven identity theft or fraud in the past year.

28.5% of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) identified limited visibility into identity threats, risky users, and privileged access as a top pain point when managing Microsoft 365.

5% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Threat intel.

Only 14% of organizations feel fully confident in their insider threat detection capabilities.

50% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in advanced threat detection and response, such as MDR, EDR, SOC, in 2026.

18% of leaders at financial services firms say they are unprepared to recover effectively from an Insider threat or data compromise.

More than half (57%) of financial services firms are not monitoring threats in real time.

48.54% of IT decision-makers at financial services firms reported that threat detection and security response (MDR, SOC) is currently fully or partially managed by an MSP or MSSP.

41% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in knowledge of threat landscape.

94% of respondents indicated that Knowledge of the threat landscape requires significant or moderate improvement.

80% of Gen Z parents fear their kids will fall victim to AI-enhanced online threats.

87% of Pacesetters (most AI-ready group) report awareness of AI-specific threats, compared to 42% of all companies.

44% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in knowledge of threat landscape.

51% of organizations surveyed focus on recruiting the right talent to manage AI-specific cybersecurity threats.

35% of healthcare organizations cite employee negligence because of not following policies as a primary root cause of incidents.