27% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted email security training.

44% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted MFA.

26% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted AI detection.

Financial services and the public sector currently report the lowest adoption rates of AI tools, at 21% and 16%, respectively.

36% of those in the public sector indicated they are actively evaluating AI tools.

Fraudsters were about four times more likely to use stolen identities instead of synthetic identities.

International bad actors were responsible for up to 12% of all incoming applications for government services and/or loans in the study.

At least 1 in 4 fraud attempts targeted more than one government agency at once.

Fraud costs the federal government upwards of $500 billion annually.

38% of public-sector organisations report insufficient resilience, compared to 10% of medium-to-large private-sector organisations.

49% of public-sector organisations indicate they lack the necessary talent to meet their cybersecurity goals, which is a 33% increase from 2024.