Government
We've curated 68 cybersecurity statistics about Government to help you understand how public sector agencies are addressing threats like data breaches and ransomware while implementing advanced technologies in their cybersecurity practices in 2025.
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Government organisations are bracing for the steepest rise (73%) in insider threats.
Unapproved GenAI usage rates are highest in technology (40%), financial services (32%), and government (38%).
65% of organisations in local government were affected by ransomware.
The government sector experienced a 71% year-over-year increase in overall interactive intrusions and a 185% year-over-year increase in targeted intrusion activity.
The government sector was the second most targeted for ransomware, with 45 publicly disclosed attacks between April - June 2025.
Top 5 industries by web‑app vulnerability: Education: 35.3%, Retail: 30.9%, Government: 30.4%, Professional Services: 30.1%, Media: 25.7%.
In one analysis, the government sector had 30.4% vulnerable web applications.
In one analysis, government had 26% of vulnerable assets across cloud, APIs, and web applications.
In one analysis, the government sector had 18.4% vulnerable cloud assets.
In one analysis, the government sector had 18.5% vulnerable APIs.
Top 5 industries by cloud‑asset vulnerability: Professional Services: 25.0%, Retail: 23.3%, Government: 18.4%, Education: 17.6%, Media: 13.8%.
In one analysis, government had 26% of vulnerable assets across cloud, APIs, and web applications.
Public institutions (49%) also score high on trust for data collection and use.
State and local government reported the highest median ransom payment at $2.5 million.
Improving cybersecurity is a top priority for 54% of state and local government IT leaders for the current fiscal year. This is seen as a higher priority than modernising legacy systems.
When it comes to challenges faced by government IT leaders in using private sector innovations, cybersecurity concerns are the most often cited barrier, mentioned by 39%.
A significant concern regarding AI is cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated due to AI, noted by 82% of state and local government IT leaders.
70% of surveyed state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) organizations cite lack of sufficient funding as their top security concern
Security awareness training reduced phishing susceptibility from approximately 33.1% to just 4.1% after one year in state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments.
Average ransom per attack on state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments reached $872,656 between 2018 and December 2024, with total costs exceeding $1.09 billion.