39% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in multi-factor authentication and identity access management controls in 2026.

78% of financial services firms increased cybersecurity spending in the past year.

57% of RIAs increased security budgets.

51% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in cloud adoption, migration and security in 2026.

11% of RIAs significantly decreased their IT spend last year.

88% of financial services firms in the $101-500M range increased cybersecurity spending in the last 12 months.

36% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in backup and disaster recovery solutions in 2026.

41% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in IT infrastructure modernization in 2026.

37% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in network and perimeter security in 2026.

34% of firms believe there is insufficient OT budget.

Concerns about budgets decreased from 40% to 37%.

25% of respondents pointed to budget limitations as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.

The annual IT budget of healthcare organizations is $65 million.

Nearly all (94%) UK finance leaders surveyed plan to increase cyber investment over the next year.

21% of the IT budget of healthcare organizations is dedicated to information security, representing a 2-point jump year-over-year.

More than half (51%) of UK finance leaders are preparing a significant uplift in cyber investment next year.

9% of organizations were unsure about their API security budget increase.

11% of organizations said their API security budget did not increase.

Only 7% of organizations reported increases in their API security budgets greater than 21%.

Nearly 80% of organizations increased their API security budgets in the past year.