24% of students cited organisations’ misuse or sale of identity data as their biggest concern around online identity verification.

62% of students are confident in their ability to spot a deepfake.

70% of students are early adopters of generative AI and use it to create or modify images.

41% of students know someone who has been a victim of online fraud, indicating second-hand experience with fraud.

Bank account validation tools (26.5%) was among the controls with the highest failure rates in enterprise fraud attacks.

The top factor cited for attackers successfully bypassing systems was human error at 46.10%.

Employee security awareness training (32.2%) was among the controls with the highest failure rates in enterprise fraud attacks.

73% of small businesses have experienced a cyber attack. 75% of those attacks occurred within the past year.

31.5% of organizations produce SBOMs due to industry regulations.

65% of organisations plan to increase cybersecurity budgets.

In the U.S., 80% of CISOs express concern over potential customer data loss via public GenAI platforms.

96.1% of organizations are integrating open source AI models into their products.

18% of companies are affected by "Shadow AI".

Despite this, 68% of CISOs believe employees understand cybersecurity best practices.

21.1% of companies lack confidence in their ability to prevent AI from introducing security vulnerabilities.

Despite near-universal adoption of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools, one-third say their data remains inadequately protected.

32% of respondents believe that AI-based cybersecurity tools have the greatest impact.

67% of organisations now rank information protection and governance as a top priority.

70.8% of organizations now produce Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs).

Human error remains the top cybersecurity vulnerability in 2025, with 66% of CISOs citing people as their greatest risk.