89% of organizations plan to hire professionals within the next 12 months to manage or improve identity management, infrastructure, and security

69% of global organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the last three years, marking a 27-percentage-point increase from the previous year.

44% of true-positive security alerts from cloud security tools in Q3 2025 were driven by identity-related weaknesses.

52% of all confirmed identity-based alerts were due to identity-related privilege escalation.

99% of cloud identities were found to be over-privileged, creating significant security risks.

33% of raw CSPM alerts were identity-related, contributing to the operational burden on security teams.

46% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in access control and identity management.

44% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in access control and identity management.

96% of respondents indicated that Identity management requires significant or moderate improvement.

41% of C-level executives cite adopting AI tools as their top focus, while 35% of mid-level managers prioritize strengthening cloud security and identity management.