Nearly half (which is approximately 49-50%) of workers share current employer passwords because the other person helps with their work.

27% of workers share their current employer's passwords with someone outside the company.

Analysis of suspected phishing emails revealed that only 16% were genuinely malicious.

Average security budget growth has slowed to just 4% year over year. This is the lowest rate in five years, a significant decline from 8% in 2024.

40% of workers admit to using login credentials from a previous job.

17% of workers say they have been contacted by former employers because the company forgot a password

25% of successful ransomware attacks led to a loss of new business opportunities.

Half of law firms have at least one backup system capable of immutability.

The percentage of law firms that acknowledge known security gaps increased from 14% to 23%.

Just 27% of law firms rank backups as a top-three security control.

Only 18% of law firms apply Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to production storage.

Just under a quarter (24%) of the ransomware incidents experienced by respondents involved data encryption.

Only 38% of law firms consider themselves "very secure," which is down from 50% in 2023.

Among those who access old work accounts, 53% say it is to avoid paying for tools or services.

Some workers reported monthly savings exceeding $300 by using old work accounts.

37% of law firms apply MFA to backup storage.

Cybersecurity staffing growth slowed to 7%, which is its lowest level in four years.

61% of repeat ransomware victims say their security tools do not integrate.

37% of organisations affected twice or more by ransomware paid the attackers.

21% of ransomware incidents involved installing backdoors for persistence.