Only 41% of organizations have a fully consolidated view of cyber risk exposure.

Organizations deploy an average of 14 different threat intelligence feeds.

61% of organizations say they cannot determine which vulnerabilities are most likely to be exploited in real-world attacks.

Only 38% of organizations use threat intelligence within a continuous, fully automated validation process.

German security teams report spending just 27% of their time on low-priority or non-exploitable risks.

84% of security decision-makers and practitioners agree that cyberattacks exploit known risks that are not prioritized.

Concern about disrupting systems (49%), excessive manual effort (46%), and poor integration with existing security processes (42%) are the top barriers to validating whether threats are exploitable.

Currently, 37% of exposure management processes are AI-driven and organizations expect this to reach 59% within two years.

59% say AI and automation would most help detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures.

56% say AI and automation would most help in understanding which threats are relevant to their specific environment.

93% agree that delaying improvements to how they manage cyber risk increases the likelihood of serious incidents.

EMEA organizations report 37% having a fully consolidated view of exposure and 35% using continuous, automated validation.

APAC organizations report 31% having a fully consolidated view of exposure and 27% using continuous, automated validation.

36% of cybersecurity leaders report significant improvement in managing human risk within the last 12 months

42% of cybersecurity leaders strongly believe that security awareness alone drives lasting behavior change

89% of employees agree they feel safe when reporting security mistakes

51% of leaders at UK organisations admit that AI usage within their perimeter is entirely unapproved or lacks formal corporate governance.

Across the UK, 58% of cybersecurity decision-makers report that the unsanctioned use of external software and rogue AI applications has directly degraded or actively compromised their security posture over the past 12 months.

21% of UK employees say they don’t always use official corporate AI tools provided by their organisation

Only 84% of security leaders in the UK feel resilient enough to survive unexpected or emerging AI-driven threat vectors over the next calendar year.