Cybersecurity statistics / Intrusion Prevention
| Publisher | SonicWall |
| Report | The state of financial services cybersecurity in 2026 |
| Published | 8 July 2026 |
| Topics | Intrusion Prevention, Financial Services |
Published by SonicWall in The state of financial services cybersecurity in 2026, 8 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.
| 67% of SMBs have real-time threat monitoring or intrusion detection/prevention systems. VikingCloud, 27/05/2026 |
| Legacy systems in financial organizations are protected by MFA at a rate of 50%. Secret Double Octopus, 12/07/2026 |
| 79% of IAM leaders and stakeholders cite technical or architectural complexity as an obstacle to universal phishing-resistant MFA. Secret Double Octopus, 12/07/2026 |
| The GoodTech Telnet Server Buffer Overflow vulnerability generated 42.2 million detection events in the financial services industry in the first half of 2026. SonicWall, 12/07/2026 |
| SaaS applications in financial organizations are protected by MFA at a rate of 74%. Secret Double Octopus, 12/07/2026 |
| 54% of financial organizations report that at least half their applications and infrastructure are legacy. Secret Double Octopus, 12/07/2026 |
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