39% of organizations say their unstructured data is somewhat or fully prepared for AI use.

48% of organizations cite data security and privacy issues as a top data challenge.

46% of organizations cite insufficient data management and governance as a top data challenge.

39% of organizations actively using, piloting, or exploring AI say most AI-enabled workflows still rely on separate, standalone tools.

57% of healthcare and manufacturing security leaders rank microsegmentation as their top initiative to stop lateral movement.

Only 26% of state CISOs are extremely or very confident that their state's information assets are protected from cyber threats, down from 48% in 2022.

In the last six months, use of reverse proxies to steal Microsoft 365 credentials surged by 139%.

In the last six months, Microsoft Teams attacks escalated by 41%.

91% of enterprises experience workflow bottlenecks despite deploying AI and automation.

Only 9% of enterprises report no significant workflow delays.

44% of enterprises identify decision-making and approvals as a top bottleneck in workflows.

35% of organizations have fully implemented an identity-based Attack Path Management (APM) solution, up from 21% in 2025.

54% of organizations are actively developing plans to strengthen their security posture and risk mitigation strategies for quantum computing.

In Q4 2025, 70% of consumers said they were at least somewhat comfortable with AI agents making purchases on their behalf

Only 31% of IT leaders feel confident in their ability to manage cybersecurity risks linked to AI.

43% of employees are worried about AI-driven data exposure or attacks.

Time-to-exploit (TTE) is 24–48 hours for critical outbreaks, compared to 4.76 days previously.

Impersonation breaches or attacks were significantly down among charities compared with the previous two years (7% this year down from 11% in 2024/2025 and 12% in 2023/2024).

51% of small business owners say business owners themselves are "very responsible" for preventing and protecting against fraud.

Software spending is forecast to reach $1.44362 trillion in 2026, growing 15.1% year-over-year.