78% of organizations express high concern about the theft or breach of model training data.

Gen Z is the most susceptible demographic to phishing, with 62% reporting engagement (e.g., clicking a link or opening an attachment) with a phishing scam in the past year.

76% of financial services leaders highlight third-party software vulnerabilities as a top concern.

AI bot and crawler traffic now makes up more than 1 in 10 verified bot requests.

42% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited external threats (such as phishing, spoofing, and spam) as their bigest email security challenge.

38% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited ensuring strong encryption as their bigest email security challenge.

68% of financial services leaders highlight GenAI-related risks as a top concern.

39% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited difficulty of balancing security with ease of use as their bigest email security challenge.

53% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted AI detection.

46% of US IT leaders cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

43% of UK IT leaders cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

42% of IT leaders based in Germany cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

The half-life for serious findings is 147 days in the financial services industry. This metric, which accounts for unresolved vulnerabilities, places FS ninth overall out of the thirteen measured industries.

29% of respondents still do not have MFA set up for their personal email accounts.

34% of respondents use personal email accounts lacking MFA to log in to mobile phone carriers.

87% of UK IT leaders expect email to remain Britain’s primary business channel for at least the next five years.

81% of UK IT leaders view one-to-one email as a critical communications channel, on par with IM and collaboration tools.

Cross-site scripting (Web/API): 5.0% in the financial services industry (versus 9.7% average in other industries).

40% of respondents reported never having received cybersecurity training from their employer.

Usernames and passwords are used by 56% of respondents as an authentication method for work accounts.