43% of UK IT leaders cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

87% of UK IT leaders expect email to remain Britain’s primary business channel for at least the next five years.

81% of UK IT leaders view one-to-one email as a critical communications channel, on par with IM and collaboration tools.

45% of UK IT leaders said stronger security and encryption standards is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

41% of UK IT leaders said that tighter integration with real-time collaboration tools is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

41% of UK IT leaders said that AI-driven automation is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

59% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted email security training.

53% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted MFA.

26% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted AI detection.

The U.S. and U.K. together represent over 70% of ransomware attacks.

UK organisations are 21% less likely to have a dedicated environment in which to recover compared to other countries.

61% of UK organisations have created defined runbooks, roles, and processes for incident responses, which is ahead of the global average of 41%.

Only 36% of UK organisations strongly believe that they should prioritise the minimum viability approach.

93% of UK businesses have experienced a business-critical cyber incident.

Only 7% of the UK businesses surveyed reported never having experienced a "business-critical" incident, which is less than the 14% reported for the rest of the world.

65% of UK organisations have an inventory of business-critical systems and dependencies, which is ahead of the global average of 50%.

52% of UK organisations stated that the biggest challenge to achieving Minimum Viability Company (MVC) status is the complexity of existing systems and applications.

Almost a third (30%) of UK organisations cited difficulties separating 'core' systems from less business-critical, 'broader' operations as another primary barrier to achieving Minimum Viability Company (MVC) status.

UK organisations are 11% less likely to have tested their recovery plans within the last month compared to other countries.

47% of UK organisations cited the struggle to keep recovery plans in line with changing business needs as the biggest challenge to achieving Minimum Viability Company (MVC) status.