Gartner predicts that IT services companies and hyperscalers will account for over 70% of spending in 2025.

77% of CISOs stated they would allocate greater budgets for cyber crisis simulations if the exercises were more realistic and actionable.

45% of all vulnerabilities detected were SSL misconfigurations, but this percentage dropped to 33.5% by mid-2024.

When asked about their primary email security focus for the next two to three years, 31% prioritized compliance with data protection regulations

Data compromises in the U.S. in 2024 decreased by 1% compared to 2023, with 3,158 compromises in 2024 and 3,202 in 2023.

When asked about their primary email security focus for the next two to three years, 17% spoke about protecting data within other collaboration tools

The number of data breach notices issued in 2024 increased by 312% compared to 2023, rising from 419,337,446 to 1,728,519,397.

61% of IT leaders in the US agree that outbound email security doesn’t get as much attention beyond compliance, but it is the silent security killer

Executables and scripts were the most popular type of malware delivery file, making up 40% of threats in Q3 2024. This is a 5% point increase compared to Q2 2024.

8% of detected threats in Q3 2024 relied on documents such as Microsoft Word formats (e.g. DOC, DOCX).

Threat actors leveraged 'impersonation' as a tactic in an average of 88% of all BEC cases.

17.6% of CISOs believe that manual processes are easier than using Compliance as Code.

1.4 out of every 100 people encountered malicious content on the web or in the cloud each month during 2024. The most common types of content encountered were JavaScript-based Trojans.

The percentage of data policy violations in organizations is as follows: Source Code (40%), Regulated Data (32%), Intellectual Property (15%), and Passwords and Keys (13%)

IT leaders identify the biggest risks for potential data loss as inbound email threats (47%), outbound email threats (20%), and both presenting an equally significant risk (33%).

45% of organisations who only check for compromised passwords during expiry or reset events average only two checks for compromised passwords per year.

Organisations using SaaS apps have an average of 47,750 passwords to manage.

PDF files were responsible for 9% of threats detected in Q3 2024, showing a 2% point rise compared to Q2 2024.

35% of IT leaders say increasing number of data sharing and collaboration tools being used by employees is among the biggest security vulnerabilities in organizations

47% of financial and banking organisations in the UK have reportedly spent more than one million euros over the last two years on implementing regulations such as DORA and PRA.