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20% of Public Sector credential revocations are performed manually, which is more than double the manual revocation rate in the IT/Technology sector.

FIDO Alliance & HID6/20/2026
Public SectorCredential Management

94% of organizations claim they can revoke all physical and logical access within 24 hours of an employee leaving.

FIDO Alliance & HID6/20/2026
Access Management

70% of organizations experience at least one identity-related security incident.

FIDO Alliance & HID6/20/2026
Security IncidentsIdentity Security Incident

35% of organizations experience delays or failures revoking physical or logical access within 24 hours when an employee leaves, with such events occurring in the past two years.

FIDO Alliance & HID6/20/2026
Access ManagementAccess Revocation

43% of Public Sector organizations experience access revocation failures.

FIDO Alliance & HID6/20/2026
Public SectorAccess Management

38% of senior security and IT leaders at U.S. enterprises with 500+ employees have experienced an identity-related security incident with measurable financial or operational impact.

Axiad6/15/2026
Identity-Related Security IncidentCybersecurity Incident Consequences

43% of senior security and IT leaders at U.S. enterprises with 500+ employees say they can assess the full blast radius of a compromised, high-privilege account within minutes.

Axiad6/15/2026
Incident ResponseHigh Privilege Accounts

Only 7% of organizations believe their controls would prevent a compromised agent from operating.

Akeyless5/27/2026
Risk ManagementAI Agents

74% of organizations in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Singapore and Australia believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure.

Semperis5/27/2026
Identity InfrastructureAI Risk

71% of organizations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year.

Sophos5/27/2026
Data BreachIdentity-Related Breach

93% of organizations already use or plan to use AI agents for sensitive security tasks such as password resets and VPN access.

Semperis5/27/2026
AI AdoptionAccess Management

67% of organizations using AI agents suspect those agents have already accessed data beyond their intended scope.

Akeyless5/27/2026
AI AgentsData Security

53% of US companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.

Semperis5/27/2026
Incident RecoveryAI Risk

Only 32% of organizations globally are very confident they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.

Semperis5/27/2026
Incident RecoveryAI Risk

61% of organizations have revoked or rotated AI agent credentials due to suspected exposure.

Akeyless5/27/2026
Credential ManagementAI Agents

Organizations reported an average of three separate identity-related incidents.

Sophos5/27/2026
Incident FrequencyIdentity-Related Breach

Fewer than half of organizations report full visibility into where AI agent credentials are stored.

Akeyless5/27/2026
VisibilityCredential Management

5% of organizations reported six or more identity-related breaches.

Sophos5/27/2026
Repeat VictimizationIdentity-Related Breach

89% of senior IT leaders report that managing the growing identity footprint is challenging.

Keeper Security5/27/2026

12% of French companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.

Semperis5/27/2026
Incident RecoveryFrance