74% of UK organizations intend to increase their cybersecurity spending over the next 12 months.

23% of UK consumers cite fraud detection and prevention as the most positive impact of AI in banking in 2025.

48% of UK consumers express concern about the risk of fraud or identity theft related to AI in banking.

13% of UK consumers are classified as early adopters of AI, with 62% highly aware of AI and 66% reporting it has improved their banking experience in 2025.

33% of UK consumers have no trust at all in generative AI, while 50% report that it makes them anxious in 2025.

50% of UK consumers lack understanding of how AI technologies could improve their financial experience, with only 16% reporting full understanding in 2025.

38% of UK consumers believe banks are innovating too quickly, while only 7% want banks to speed up innovation in 2025.

In 2024, there was a 17% increase in the number of cyber insurance policies taken out by UK businesses compared to the previous year.

In 2024, £197 million was paid out to UK businesses to help them recover from cyber incidents.

Malware and ransomware accounted for 51% of all cyber insurance claims in 2024, up from 32% in 2023.

There was a 230% year-on-year increase in the amount paid out to support UK businesses with cyber-attacks in 2024, amounting to £138 million more than in 2023.

27% of UK security & IT professionals reported that their company is actively encouraging employees to shift logins to passkeys

34% of UK employees reported that they have downloaded apps without IT approval

31% of UK employees reported that they have downloaded apps without IT approval

In 2025, the United Kingdom experienced 76 ransomware incidents, accounting for 1.6% of all attacks.

Among this year's nationally significant incidents in the UK, 4% (18) were categorised as highly significant in nature.

There were 62 nationally (UK) significant incidents reported between September 2022 and August 2023, 4 of which were categorised as highly significant in nature.

Nationally (UK) significant incidents represented 48% (204) of all incidents between September 2024 and August 2025, a significant increase from last year (89).

There were 63 nationally (UK) significant incidents reported between September 2021 and August 2022, 1 of which were categorised as highly significant in nature.

3.81% of global ransomware victims (organizations and individuals) in Q3 2025 were from the United Kingdom.