34% of global IT leaders use email for client communication.

When asked which teams rely most heavily on email communication, global IT leaders pointed to IT (56%), followed by HR and internal comms (37%), customer success (31%), and finance (31%).

When evaluating candidates, 90% of cybersecurity hiring managers would consider candidates with prior IT work experience only.

Nearly 25% of cybersecurity hiring managers who recruit from education programmes (55% of participants) have sourced candidates from programmes outside of computer science, IT or cybersecurity.

77% of transportation and logistics organizations cited ransomware and malware threats as their top network security concern.

50% of cybersecurity hiring managers expect junior-level cybersecurity professionals to handle Relevant Frameworks.

89% of global IT leaders say video conferencing is pivotal to their digital operations.

35% of cybersecurity hiring managers expect entry-level cybersecurity professionals to handle Alert and Event Management.

45% of cybersecurity hiring managers stated that training junior-level cybersecurity team members to handle tasks independently typically takes 4–9 months.

85% of CISOs say their organization's cybersecurity budget is influenced by the volume of nation-state threats.

Exposure to mobile scams is highest in the US (51%) and UK (49%), and notably lower in DACH (38%).

Gen X encountered extortion scams at 35% and fell victim at 15%.

A majority (89%) of CISOs are frequently asked about nation-state threats by their CEO and/or the board.

Even among those confident in their current SIEM, 75% still say they are considering alternative solutions like AI-powered cloud-native solutions.

Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.

70% of security leaders say AI shapes their trust in current and future SIEM solutions.

Nearly half of users (44%) encounter mobile scams daily.

84% of security teams rate integrated SOAR as important or extremely important.

The majority of users (66%) state it is hard to tell apart a scam from the real thing.

Only 15% of people strongly agree they could detect a scam.