42% of children ages 3-5 have unintentionally shared personal data online.

28% of children ages 3-5 browse online with minimal or no supervision from their parents.

Over 44% of respondents report that their teams now spend significantly more time on manual triage and investigation due to AI-powered attacks.

51% of payment platforms are hiring specialized fraud prevention talent.

Less than a third (31%) of organizations surveyed report that they are fully equipped to control and secure agentic AI systems.

87% of Pacesetters (most AI-ready group) report awareness of AI-specific threats, compared to 42% of all companies.

84% of Pacesetters (most AI-ready group) report full capability with end-to-end encryption for sensitive data, versus 30% of all companies.

74% of Pacesetters (most AI-ready group) report full capability with dynamic & granular access controls for AI systems and datasets, versus 27% of all companies.

42% of companies have a higher awareness of regulatory issues.

94% of companies have a high or moderate focus on operational technology.

73% of companies rate the impact of cybersecurity incidents as severe or moderate.

36% of companies have average capability in securing data on networks.

5% of companies have below average capability in manipulating data.

4% of companies have below average capability in capturing data from all sources.

5% of companies have below average capability in finding patterns within data.

4% of companies have below average capability in securing data on endpoints.

51% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in data security.

4% of companies have below average capability in securing data in cloud providers.

44% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in knowledge of threat landscape.

41% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in endpoint security.