Only 38% of technology executives consistently identify the root cause of a downtime incident.

Undisclosed ransomware attacks increased by 2% year-on-year.

Ransomware victims were located in 97 countries in Q1 2026.

Nearly 20% of marketing professionals report it takes an entire quarter to recover brand health after remediation.

98% of organizations with the lowest downtime costs confirm end-to-end visibility is very or extremely important for reducing incidents.

71% of technology executives rate publicly disclosing a data breach as very or prohibitively disruptive, up from 23% in 2024.

90% of tech leaders report increased demand for customer support during downtime.

All technology leaders report their organization has experienced some form of AI-related downtime.

There is an 82-percentage-point gap between AI belief (91%) and AI deployment readiness (9%) in the U.S.

7% of organizations were unable to confirm whether they had been attacked at all in the past year.

52% of global organizations cite legacy infrastructure as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

48% of global organizations cite migration complexity as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

97% of organizations commit to implementing AI.

57% of organizations report a significant capacity gap in AI security and risk management.

41% of global organizations rank cost as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

Capability gaps exist across the AI stack: 57% report gaps in AI security and risk management, 57% in AI operations and monitoring, 54% in cost optimization, and 45% in AI infrastructure expertise.

57% of organizations are upskilling existing staff as the primary response to talent gaps, compared with 49% hiring new technical staff.

More than half of organizations with fewer than 250 employees report having no dedicated security team.

Across the global sample, one in three businesses reported a confirmed cyberattack in the past year.

90% believe employees are using artificial intelligence in their organization, but only 22% say AI return on investment (ROI) has met or exceeded their expectations.