Nation-state actors are second most concerning threat actors.

Nearly a fifth (16%) of respondents said they consider retail fraud a victimless crime.

A quarter (23%) of respondents admitted they’ve been tempted to commit fraud.

60% identified future decryption of today’s data and future encryption compromise as major concerns among quantum computing security threats.

25% of teams share threat intel across roles daily.

Human error, while still significant, has dropped to third place of most concerning threat actors.

30% are reporting significant budget increases of 25% or more in Edge AI.

66% of respondents noted quicker remediation as a moderate to transformative benefit of a unified approach for threat detection and response

78% of respondents say their security tools are dispersed and disconnected.

15% of respondents said they had heard about retaile fraud from family.

Nearly 40% struggle to coordinate data across critical security tools like TIPs, SIEMs, and vulnerability management platforms.

Improving security and data privacy is the No. 1 reason (53%) for Edge AI investment.

48% are exploring edge AI specifically to reduce cloud computing costs.

A shortage of talent with edge AI expertise is a challenge for 37%.

58% highlighted the “harvest now, decrypt later” (HNDL) threat as a major quantum-related threat.

60% (three out of five) of organizations are actively prototyping or evaluating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions or prototyping new ciphers.

The percentage of respondents reporting a breach within the last 12 months has fallen from 23% in 2021 to just 14% in 2025.

Phishing has risen to second place of most popular attack types.

In retail, CIOs reported higher adoption of multimodal AI (68%).

The greatest benefit cited ( 57% ) among those already using AI is greater workforce efficiency.