Ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN reached an all-time high of 1,512 incidents in 2023, totaling $1.1 billion in payments, marking a 77% increase in total payments year-over-year from 2022 to 2023.

In 2025, 36% of cybersecurity professionals reported budget cuts in their organizations, a decrease of one percentage point from the previous year.

72% of cybersecurity professionals agree that reducing security personnel significantly increases the risk of a breach in their organizations.

57% of organizations are currently piloting Confidential Computing.

Canada and the United States reported the highest percentages of Confidential Computing services in full production, at 26% and 24%, respectively.

53% of IT leaders globally are highly or extremely concerned about AI security risks.

71% of IT leaders globally identified increasing productivity and efficiency as the primary use case for AI adoption.

On average, a web outage caused by an expired SSL certificate can cost around $9,000 per minute.

11,324 phishing domains used the .com top-level domain, making it the most common among attackers.

Between January 2022 and December 2024, FinCEN received 7,395 BSA reports related to 4,194 ransomware incidents, totaling more than $2.1 billion in ransomware payments.

79% of payments leaders point to customer demand as the main driver for change, specifically noting that consumers expect payments to be secure, as well as instant and reliable

18% of organizations have Confidential Computing already in production.

66% of organizations reported catching AI tools over-accessing sensitive information.

Nearly 60% of organizations use three or more SSL certificate providers.

The manufacturing industry accounted for 456 ransomware incidents totaling approximately $284.6 million in reported payments, while the financial services industry accounted for 432 incidents totaling approximately $365.6 million, and the healthcare industry accounted for 389 incidents totaling approximately $305.4 million.

68% of cybersecurity professionals reported being satisfied in their current job in 2025, an increase of two percentage points from 2024.

77% of organizations are more likely to consider Confidential Computing due to the Digital Operational Resilience Act's specific requirement to protect data in use.

87% of cybersecurity professionals believe there will always be a need for cybersecurity professionals.

48% of cybersecurity professionals feel exhausted from trying to stay current on the latest cybersecurity threats and emerging technologies.

73% of cybersecurity professionals believe AI will create more specialized cybersecurity skills.