Identity Security
Cybersecurity statistics about identity security
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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.
94% of organizations claim they can revoke all physical and logical access within 24 hours of an employee leaving.
70% of organizations experience at least one identity-related 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.
43% of Public Sector organizations experience access revocation failures.
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.
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.
Only 7% of organizations believe their controls would prevent a compromised agent from operating.
74% of organizations in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Singapore and Australia believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure.
71% of organizations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year.
93% of organizations already use or plan to use AI agents for sensitive security tasks such as password resets and VPN access.
67% of organizations using AI agents suspect those agents have already accessed data beyond their intended scope.
53% of US companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.
Only 32% of organizations globally are very confident they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.
61% of organizations have revoked or rotated AI agent credentials due to suspected exposure.
Organizations reported an average of three separate identity-related incidents.
Fewer than half of organizations report full visibility into where AI agent credentials are stored.
5% of organizations reported six or more identity-related breaches.
89% of senior IT leaders report that managing the growing identity footprint is challenging.
12% of French companies express confidence they could regain control if AI exposes admin credentials.