Southeast Asia experienced a 720% spike in attacks in Q3 2025.

42% of CFOs identify improved margins and profitability as a top financial benefit of cloud cost optimization.

39% of CFOs cite better forecasting and budgeting as a top financial benefit of cloud cost optimization.

39% of CFOs report stronger alignment between IT spend and business outcomes as a main benefit of cloud cost optimization.

Agentic traffic rose 450% between January and December 2025.

77% of bank leaders are concerned about fraud and scams targeting their employees and organization.

10% of organizations do not track AI-agent risk separately.

65% of enterprises believe AI-powered defences will outpace AI-powered attacks within five years.

Business services remained the most targeted sector by ransomware in March 2026, accounting for 35% of ransomware victims, followed by consumer goods & services (14%) and industrial manufacturing (13%).

44% of people have stopped using Instagram.

Secrets found in self‐hosted, private GitLab instances and Docker registries were 3 to 4 times more likely to be valid.

40% of organizations report errors in data inputs ingested by AI.

85% of organizations use AI agents in production environments.

Telnet exposure in financial services is 12%, up from 3%.

The financial sector accounted for 14.6% of incidents.

88% of IT professionals across DevOps, Security, and Software Engineering roles say the first few days after a package release are the riskiest.

37% of bank leaders report heightened attention to cybersecurity during regulatory exams, up from 30% in 2025.

One-third of bank leaders say they do not understand agentic AI at all.

Automated bots account for more than half of all internet traffic.

Average enterprise cloud downtime per incident increased from 16 days to 20 days.