81% of respondents reported at least some concern about identity theft or fraud following interactions with online services.

The number of those highly concerned about identity theft or fraud is 33% (consistent with last year’s data).

In India, 52% of respondents reported high levels of concern about identity theft or fraud.

Only 1% of defense contractors report being fully prepared for the upcoming CMMC assessments.

73% of defense contractors lack multi-factor authentication (MFA).

69% of consumers said they had never had an online account taken over by scammers.

More than a quarter of executives reported that their most damaging data breach in the past three years cost their organisation at least $1 million.

Only 24% of organisations are spending significantly more on proactive measures (e.g., monitoring, testing, controls) than reactive measures (e.g., incident response, fines, recovery)—which is considered the ideal spend ratio.

Security leaders rank threat hunting as the #1 AI security capability they plan to bolster over the next 12 months.

The top three priority areas for deploying agentic AI solutions are cloud security (39%), data protection (39%), and cyber defence and operations (38%).

Only 6% of organisations feel confident/very capable across all vulnerabilities surveyed, given the current geopolitical landscape.

45% of students use AI for creative projects.

13% of education institutions approve AI tools without guidelines for students.

67% of education insitutions' faculty use AI for administrative functions such as scheduling.

65% of education leaders are aware of data leakage as an AI cybersecurity risk.

78% of respondents believe at least half of app code is written directly by developers.

29% of consumers say they don’t even fully understand how apps are built in the first place.

7% of education institutions discourage but do not ban AI tools for faculty and staff.

23% of Gen Z would avoid AI apps entirely after an AI-related vulnerability.

Boomers are nearly 2x more likely to lose trust if they find out AI was used to develop their favorite app.