The cybersecurity sector saw a total of $4.2 billion raised in Q2 2025 secured across 100 distinct funding rounds during the reporting period. This represents a 25% increase in funding when compared to Q2 2024. In Q2 2024, $3.4 billion was raised across a similar number of rounds, specifically 98 funding rounds.

When faced with data breaches at both a large corporation and a small business, 27% of Gen X and Boomers say they would stop shopping with both entirely.

39% of consumers say they use a different password for every account as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

Apart from the GDPR and ISO 27001/27001, other regulations mentioned as challenging by financial organizations include SOX (10.9%), GLBA (8.4%), and NYDFS (7.4%).

Funding round count remained steady, but the average deal size has increased, suggesting larger individual investments are being made.

36% of Gen Z consumers say they check that the website has a padlock icon before visiting and/or purchasing anything as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

More than half of Gen Z (53%) and 42% of Millennials have cut ties with a business because it experienced a security incident.

37% of Gen X and Boomers would cut ties with a business if it experienced a security incident.

38% of Gen X and Boomers say they use a credit monitoring service as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

17.7% of teams at financial organizations report spending 25+ hours monthly on gathering data for audits and access reviews.

72% of Gen X and Boomers would take immediate action after a data breach notification.

30% of Gen X and Boomers say they use a password manager that creates secure passwords as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

About 1 in 3 (30%) Gen Z and Millennials find sites that are not mobile-friendly concerning, versus 24% of Gen X and Boomers.

33% of Gen Z consumers say they use a password manager that creates secure passwords as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

The cybersecurity funding for Q2 2025 is almost double the $2.2 billion that was raised in Q1 2025.

Eight cybersecurity funding rounds each exceeded $100 million in Q2 2025. These large rounds alone accounted for a substantial 55% of all funding in the period.

2.1% of teams at financial organizations have no visibility into how long it takes to revoke access to high-risk systems requiring elevated privileges after an employee exits or changes roles.

25.1% of financial organizations plan to invest in compliance automation platforms.

When faced with data breaches at both a large corporation and a small business, 1 in 3 (34%) Gen Z and Millennials say they would stop shopping with both entirely.

35% of consumers say they don't save their credit/debit card information in brand accounts as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.