46% of respondents at investment adviser firms reported increased compliance testing around AI—up from 32% last year, but 44% of firms that have adopted AI tools have no formal testing or validation of the outputs from their AI tools.

Only 10% of IT, security, and engineering professionals say their current VPN setup "works well" with no major issues.

Over the next 3–5 years, both leaders and analysts expect autonomous SOC operations to become the norm

Cybersecurity ranks as the #2 top area for increased testing, with 55% of CCOs at investment adviser firms reporting heightened focus in this domain.

63% of analysts state that AI is improving the accuracy of investigations. This figure rises to 69% among daily AI users regarding improved investigation accuracy.

92% of companies use multiple tools for network security.

41% of IT, security, and engineering professionals believe their access infrastructure will fail to meet their needs within just two years.

More than two-thirds of engineers say IT and security policies actively block or misunderstand their workflows.

57% of investent adviser firms list AI usage as a hot compliance topic.

Nearly one-third of companies use four or more network security tools.

69% of 2025's breach notices did not include an attack vector. This is an increase from 65% for the full year 2024.

4 out of 5 rural healthcare leaders say their infrastructure cannot support advanced email security.

About 0.5% of all security breaches in the first half of 2025 were supply‑chain incidents, but these incidents generated nearly half of all breach notifications, affecting almost 700 companies.

Rural healthcare organisations trail urban ones by 22% in adopting AI-based threat detection.

6 out of 10 rural healthcare providers say their current secure email platform causes regular complaints and workflow delays.

50% of rural healthcare organisations say budget limitations are a top barrier to upgrading security tools, which is nearly double the rate of urban peers.

More than half of rural healthcare providers report poor mobile usability and slow encryption that can delay care.

88% of rural healthcare leaders lack confidence that their current email platform is fully HIPAA compliant out of the box.

78% of compromises reported in the first half of 2025 were true data breaches. These accounted for 69% of the breach notices issued in the first half of 2025.

73% of rural healthcare organisations struggle to maintain HIPAA compliance due to staffing and funding gaps.