41% of security and IT leaders report attackers use encrypted channels to bypass detection, delaying critical alerts.

Only 23% of large U.S. companies have implemented a solution to address Harvest Now, Decrypt Later (HNDL) quantum threats.

Last year, 18% of connected devices stored sensitive data, 35% lacked encryption, and 26% were unaccounted for.

Across all industries, 30% of connected devices lack encryption.

More than 50% of education desktops and mobile devices are unencrypted.

In the second half of 2025, more than two-thirds of ransomware attacks leveraged data theft instead of encryption.

The fastest ransomware case observed, involving Akira ransomware, takes just three hours from breach to encryption.

Encryption-based extortion declined by 15% compared to the previous year.

68% of observed wireless networks in industrial and critical infrastructure environments operate without Management Frame Protection (MFP) despite using modern encryption.

32% of successful Canadian software buyers checked encryption standards of vendors before purchase.

84% of Pacesetters (most AI-ready group) report full capability with end-to-end encryption for sensitive data, versus 30% of all companies.

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

Only 38% of organizations over 20,000 employees actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

59% of mid-market firms (5,000-9,999 employees) actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

Only 56% of organizations have fully implemented end-to-end encryption for all sensitive data.

83% of small healthcare practices believe patient consent removes the need for encryption.

Agape Health paid $25,000 for emailing protected health information unencrypted.

SCATTERED SPIDER moved from initial access to encryption by deploying ransomware in under 24 hours in one observed case

More than half of rural healthcare providers report poor mobile usability and slow encryption that can delay care.

Nearly one in 10 (7%) of those surveyed did not know which data sets to encrypt.