46% of security decision makers identify ransomware attacks as a leading concern, 44% identify cloud environment breaches, 37% identify email compromise, 37% identify data theft, and 35% identify supply chain compromise.

In January 2026, bots accounted for 49% of all requests, nearly matching human traffic at 51%.

A year ago, 55% of AI models failed basic vulnerability research and 93% failed exploit development tasks

In 2025, the U.S. accounted for roughly one-third of global ransomware incidents.

In 2025, ransomware accounted for 36% of security incidents affecting financial institutions.

Third-party involvement occurs in 30% of financial-sector breaches.

In 2025, approximately 12.8% of B2B financial organizations experienced ransomware.

In 2025, data breaches accounted for 64% of security incidents affecting financial institutions.

Akira accounted for more than 40% of all ransomware claims in At-Bay’s portfolio for the full year.

86% of Akira attacks occurred in environments where a SonicWall device was present.

The largest single business interruption claim hit $5M, the policy limit.

Roughly one in 10 ransomware incidents caused downtime exceeding 30 days.

Financial fraud was the most common incident type for the third consecutive year, accounting for 30% of all claims.

The average amount stolen reached $285K, up 16% from the prior year and up significantly from $199K in 2023.

The single largest fraud loss in 2025 hit $9.7M.

IT services spending is forecast to surpass $1.87 trillion in 2026, growing 9.0% year-over-year.

Device spending is forecast to reach $856.19 billion in 2026, growing 8.2% year-over-year.

43% of UK IT decision makers report having some governance for agentic AI but with gaps.

89% of UK IT decision makers agree that public policy and regulation should mandate open source principles such as transparency and auditability to help organisations achieve AI sovereignty.

The regional average agreement across EMEA that public policy should mandate open source principles is 77%, with France at 70% and Germany at 72%.