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We've curated 78 cybersecurity statistics about access control to help you understand how technologies like role-based access and identity management are evolving to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access in 2025.

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In 2025, 98% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) expressed doubt over the ability of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to adequately protect employees, showing a slight decrease from 99% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

13% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) believe that zero trust only works for certain organizations in 2025, down from 22% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

78% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) anticipate higher security workloads due to vulnerabilities linked to AI models, data exposure, and agent behaviour.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

87% of companies are increasing their Network Access Control (NAC) budgets in 2025, up from 83% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

CISOs reported a 17 percentage point increase in clarity regarding their cyberinsurance coverage for insider threats in 2025.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

40% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reported that they continually evaluate their cyberinsurance premiums in 2025, a significant decrease of 28 percentage points from 68% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

39% of CISOs indicated stronger security and user experience as a benefit of passwordless authentication.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

42% of CISOs complained about frequent password changes in 2025, a decrease from 51% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

36% of CISOs reported poor training as an issue in 2025, down from 45% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

52% of CISOs cited reduced risk of password reuse, phishing, and exploits as a benefit of passwordless authentication.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

78% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) lack a formal strategy for managing AI identities within zero trust frameworks.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

59% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) report they are currently developing their strategy for managing AI identities within zero trust frameworks.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

65% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) anticipate major updates to their security stack to implement zero trust in 2026, an increase from 46% in 2024.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

78% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) expect AI to create moderate or significant increases in security workloads as they address new vulnerabilities in 2023.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

55% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reported being concerned about job loss after a cybersecurity breach in 2025, a decrease from 77% in 2024, indicating a rising confidence in their defenses and the value of their expertise.

Portnox10/21/2025
passwordless adoptionaccess control

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

CompTIA10/14/2025
Access controlIdentity management

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

CompTIA10/14/2025
Access controlIdentity management

91% of Amazon SageMaker users have at least one notebook that, if compromised, could grant unauthorized access

Tenable3/19/2025
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