Professional, scientific, and technical services accounted for 17.8% of ransomware victims.

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%.

Manufacturing and finance/professional services were the most heavily compromised in leak site activity.

Between 2019 and 2023, professional services experienced large losses primarily from ransomware (75.0%), followed by data breaches (14.3%) and other causes (10.7%).

The average duration business operations were affected by ransomware in professional services was 85 days.

68% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaining network and security observability as their top strategic networking and security priority.

58% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing remote user access and latency as a top networking and security challenge.

66% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified securing SaaS and public cloud apps as a top networking and security challenge.

Only 38% of business services leaders view edge security as "mission-critical".

43% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaps in performance and threat visibility as a top networking and security challenge.

44% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry are planning to adopt Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions in the next 12 months

46% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing too many vendors/support contracts as a top networking and security challenge.

48% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified simplifying operations and reducing IT burden as their top strategic networking and security priority.

54% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified operating with limited internal IT staff as a top networking and security challenge.

72% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified improving application and SaaS performance as their top strategic networking and security priority.

In one analysis, professional services had 28% of vulnerable assets across cloud, APIs, and web applications.

Top 5 industries by cloud‑asset vulnerability: Professional Services: 25.0%, Retail: 23.3%, Government: 18.4%, Education: 17.6%, Media: 13.8%.

In one analysis, professional services had 28% of vulnerable assets across cloud, APIs, and web applications.

Professional services have 17.2% employee AI adoption.

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