There is one cyber security professional for every 68 businesses in the UK, down from one per 196 businesses in 2021.

55% of IT and security leaders report having too many point solutions in their security stack.

Top AI-related cybersecurity concerns are data leakage through copilots and agents (22%), third-party and supply chain risks (21%), evolving regulations (20%), shadow AI (18%), and prompt injection attacks (18%).

Security teams anticipate higher productivity (48%), faster response times (41%), and better data accuracy (40%) from intelligent workflows.

There are 83,700 cyber security professionals in the UK, up from 28,500 in 2021, representing a 194% increase since 2021.

52% of security operations leaders are very confident their current SIEM can scale to meet future security and cloud operations needs.

Security teams rate AI as highly effective for threat detection (61%), identity and access monitoring (56%), and compliance and policy writing (55%).

In 2025, Financial Services had 739 compromises; Healthcare had 534 compromises; Professional Services had 478 compromises; Manufacturing had 299 compromises; Education had 188 compromises (2025)

90% of security operations leaders say supporting data sources from multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments is very or extremely important for their SIEM, highlighting the continued need for data pipeline management.

31% of security professionals identify integration gaps between tools as an obstacle to scaling AI and automation.

Eighty-eight percent of consumers who received a data breach notice experience at least one negative consequence after a breach; 40 percent experience an increase in phishing or scam attempts; 49 percent experience an increase in spam emails or robocalls; 40 percent experience attempted takeover of an existing account (2025)

69% of cybersecurity professionals in North America and Europe at companies with at least 1,000 employees believe that vulnerabilities in AI agents and autonomous systems pose a greater threat to their company's security and identity systems than human misuse of AI (2026).

Data breaches cause immediate anxiety for 60 percent of affected consumers and immediate frustration for 59 percent of affected consumers (2025)

The number of victim notices in 2025 (278,827,933) is the lowest number of victim notices since 2014 and the lowest number since the last U.S. state and territories adopted data breach laws in 2018 (2025)

Only 51% of security operations leaders say their current SIEM is very effective at reducing mean time to detect and respond to threats.

50% of organizations have formal, active AI policies in place, and 42% are actively developing AI governance frameworks.

Eighty percent of the 1,040 consumers surveyed by the Identity Theft Resource Center report having received a data breach notice in the last 12 months (2025)

50% of cybersecurity professionals in North America and Europe at companies with at least 1,000 employees have implemented governance frameworks to address AI-based vulnerabilities (2026).

99% of security operations centers use AI.

77% of security teams regularly rely on AI, automation, or workflow tools.