Ransomware victims were located in 97 countries in Q1 2026.

Organizations across 39 countries were impacted by disclosed ransomware attacks in Q1 2026.

Organizations coordinate an average of seven AI models in production.

77% of organizations report that inference is their dominant AI activity.

Only 8% of organizations rely exclusively on public AI services.

88% of organizations have faced AI-related security challenges.

98% of organizations are preparing for agentic AI.

Nearly 29% of organizations identify prompt layers as the top AI delivery mechanism.

23% of organizations prioritize token layers for AI delivery and security.

78% of organizations run AI inference themselves.

91% of U.S. organizations indicate that AI will strengthen their security posture.

Only 9% of U.S. organizations report being ready to deploy AI-powered security today.

There is an 82-percentage-point gap between AI belief (91%) and AI deployment readiness (9%) in the U.S.

In the U.S., the confirmed cyberattack rate is 34%, two percentage points above the global average.

34% of U.S. organizations experienced a confirmed cyberattack in the past year, compared with 32% globally.

76% of U.S. organizations lack complete identity visibility across their workforce, two percentage points higher than the global average.

75% of U.S. organizations plan to increase security spending in 2026, three percentage points above the global average.

63% of U.S. employees use 15 or more business applications, four percentage points above the global average.

The average U.S. employee now logs into more than fifteen business applications daily.

62% of U.S. organizations have not deployed a Zero Trust strategy, three percentage points lower than the global average.