39% of respondents from CNI organisations said managing AI cyber risk is the biggest security challenge in 2026.

Only 4% of consumers worry about cyber security risks to their device or accounts.

36% of respondents from CNI organisations said improving cyber resilience is the biggest security challenge in 2026.

Exploits remained the most common initial infection vector for the sixth consecutive year, accounting for 32% of intrusions.

43% of consumers would use AI for cyber security help.

63% of large U.S. companies use a hybrid IT infrastructure with strategic public cloud workloads.

52% of enterprises have fully or partially deployed GenAI.

65% of CISOs lack confidence in their data security controls.

Health care was the most affected sector by data security incidents, accounting for 27% of incidents; finance and insurance accounted for 18%; business and professional services accounted for 15%.

51% of enterprises use 11 or more security scanning and vulnerability management tools.

Peak DDoS attack sizes increased by 262% year over year, with terabit-scale attacks occurring in seconds.

57% of desk-based workers who use email or chat say AI makes phishing harder to spot because it feels more professional.

51% of organizations expect transparency in how AI models make decisions.

75% of organizations express confidence in their ability to secure unstructured data.

Banking has 57% consumer trust, up from 44% in 2025

Healthcare has 35% consumer trust

49% of IT leaders currently offer passkeys

31% of enterprises fully trust AI-sourced recommendations to influence prioritization decisions

94% of cybersecurity and IT leaders at enterprises can translate security risks for non-technical stakeholders

62% of US IT and security professionals at companies with at least 1,000 employees believe AI makes it more likely their company will need to pay a ransom to regain access to its data after an attack.