18% of those who always practiced privacy by design reported currently using AI for privacy-related tasks.

50% of respondents in enterprises that always practiced privacy by design said their enterprise privacy budget was appropriately funded.

There was a 33% decrease in GDPR fines in 2024 compared to 2023.

79% of businesses that deploy AI lack a way to control, manage and sustain it effectively.

85% of organizations face challenges in scaling and operationalizing AI across their business.

Gartner predicts spending on Devices to reach $810.234 billion in 2025, a 10.4% increase from $734.162 billion in 2024.

Gartner predicts spending on IT Services to reach $1.731 trillion in 2025, a 9.0% increase from $1.588 trillion in 2024.

The total value of fines reported since the GDPR came into effect in 2018 is now €5.88bn ($6.17bn).

86% of organizations say a company cannot have hyperautomation without having process orchestration.

The largest GDPR fine in 2023 was €1.2bn against Meta for transferring personal data to the US.

Hunters International averaged 19 incidents per month.

The healthcare sector is the third-most targeted sector for ransomware attacks, following manufacturing and professional services.

There was a significant rise in healthcare ransomware attacks in 2024. From Q1 2023 to Q3 2023, healthcare was the 6th or 7th most targeted sector, but it jumped to third position in Q4 2023 and has remained there.

Types of healthcare providers targeted in 2024 were: Physicians' offices accounted for 25% of attacks, general medical and surgical hospitals accounted for 22% of attacks, other health professionals' offices (outpatient centres, family services etc) accounted for 9% of attacks, and dentists' offices accounted for 6% of attacks.

51% of British businesses consider data sovereignty to be "crucial" as part of their data management strategies.

Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to reach $5.61 trillion in 2025, representing a 9.8% increase from 2024.

Despite the increase in budgets and the perception of adequate resources, nearly half of UK cybersecurity leaders, 47%, struggle to engage at the board level.

Gartner predicts spending on Software to reach $1.246 trillion in 2025, a 14.2% increase from $1.091 trillion in 2024.

Gartner predicts spending on Communications Services to reach $1.423 trillion in 2025, a 3.8% increase from $1.371 trillion in 2024.

More than half of respondents admitted they lack sufficient data to accurately assess their organisation’s IT spending.