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.

52% of global organizations cite legacy infrastructure as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.