97% of UK senior security decisions makers say they either employ or plan to employ external support to help their business become compliant with DORA.

Over 31 million of the breached passwords were over 16 characters in length.

Mobile exploits accounted for 5.9% of the CISA KEV exploits.

36% of privacy professionals cited management of risk associated with new technologies as an obstacle.

29% expect their privacy budget to increase in the next 12 months.

Surveyed executives estimate that security fragmentation and complexity costs their organisations an average of 5% of their annual revenue.

90% of surveyed executives expect to scale, optimise, or innovate with AI within the next two years.

8% of UK organisations report that they do not have enough funding to cover their cybersecurity needs.

66% of organisations expect AI to have the most significant impact on cybersecurity in the year to come, but only 37% report having processes in place to assess the security of AI tools before deployment.

77% of UK CISOs feel that their IT budget is not completely reflected by their board’s objectives to meet regulatory requirements.

Only 14% of organisations are confident that they have the people and skills they need today.

Phishing tactics with links were most popular (70%), followed by attachments (25%) and QR codes (5%).

Users leaking sensitive data through personal apps is top of mind for most organizations, with 66% of organizations using DLP to restrict data flow into personal apps.

33% of employees say online training that uses real-life scenarios, prompts and notifications at the relevant time is the most engaging/effective email security training format

65% of IT leaders agree they lose more data every year through employee error than through any kind of malicious inbound threat

57% of CISOs prioritize regulation and compliance knowledge, compared to 44% of board members.

7.8% of people in an organization use genAI apps on average, triple the average of 2.6% at the end of 2023.

29% of CISOs say they receive the proper budget for cybersecurity initiatives, compared to 41% of board members who think cybersecurity budgets are adequate.

Strategic CISOs have an annual cash compensation of around $545,000, compared to $385,000 for functional CISOs and $291,000 for their tactical counterparts.

One in five (20%) of CISOs cited third-party compromise as posing significant threats to security.