Half of IT leaders say the majority of their workloads are now cloud-based.

Of the organizations that experienced a successful ransomware attack last year, 86% admitted they paid a ransom to recover their data.

32% of respondents reported disruption to employee productivity following device theft.

23% of respondents worry about visual hacking (i.e. sensitive information being viewed in public spaces).

Only 29% of teams trust AI to act on its own.

37% of organizations report workforce reductions tied to automation.

Akamai documented 150 billion API attacks from January 2023 through December 2024.

36% of sensitive files in the cloud are classified as high risk.

79% of organisations expressed confidence in their security programs.

Organizations in India, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (IMETA) report the highest productivity gains (81%) after adopting AI.

Insider threats were cited by 28% of IT leaders.

27% of high-risk sensitive files contain digital data such as API keys, usernames, and account numbers

76% of IT decision-makers in the U.S. and Europe have been impacted by incidents of device theft in the past two years.

More than half of surveyed organizations have restructured their teams due to AI implementation.

54% of organisations lacked automation for lifecycle management.

The most common attack vectors cited were: Data breaches (30%), Malware on devices (29%), Cloud or SaaS breaches (28%), Phishing (28%), and Insider threats (28%).

92% of organizations use between two and five cloud and SaaS platforms.

63% of organizations report external data oversharing and 56% say employees upload sensitive data to unauthorized SaaS apps.

56% of organisations concerned with over-privileged API access.

Too many organisations are relying on fragmented strategies, such as vendor-native tools (69%), general-purpose solutions like Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) (43%), and manual audits (46%)