Training
We've curated 34 cybersecurity statistics about Training to help you understand how workforce education, threat awareness, and best practices are evolving in 2025. These insights will empower organizations to strengthen their defenses against ever-changing cyber threats.
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51% of middle market companies rely on staff training for responsible AI use.
61% of frontline managers say formal training is the most critical element for building AI skills.
Fewer than 40% of C-suite leaders agree that formal training is the most critical element for building AI skills.
32% of SMBs have security awareness training.
41% of SMB owners and cyber leaders prioritized employee training on non-security topics like customer service or sales over new cybersecurity investments in the past year.
52% of healthcare executives stated that training and upskilling personnel is an effective tool to combat cyber challenges.
32% of companies globally have formally trained or briefed the entire company on risks related to generative AI in 2025, up from 19% in 2024 and 17% in 2023.
50% of larger enterprises provide comprehensive AI risk training compared to 39% of small and medium-sized businesses.
24% of executives at financial services firms acknowledge that their teams not being trained on incident response processes is a significant weakness that could slow recovery.
38% of companies are focusing more on employee cyber education.
Only 16% of healthcare organizations have trained most of their staff (75-100%) who have access to PHI on AI usage in email.
54% of companies are considering training current employees for skill improvement.
The percentage of respondent enterprises that provided training to allow nonsecurity staff to move into security roles dropped considerably, from 41% last year to just 29% this year.
18% of companies are considering increasing training and education on confidentiality due to Gen Z leaking company data.
58% of companies have increased training due to concerns about Gen Z leaking company data.
Over half of Moldovan SMEs never offer any cybersecurity training for employees
Nearly a third of healthcare companies don’t regularly train their employees on how to respond to cyber threats.
91% of respondents believed their employee training initiatives were successful.
47% of financial services firms take a "learn as I go" approach to AI education.
The rest of the C-suite (77%) is more likely than CISOs (69%) to attribute success in decreased cybersecurity incidents to increased investments in employee cybersecurity training.