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Organizations that find compliance requirements very challenging have a breach rate of 82.4%, which is 14 percentage points higher than organizations with lower compliance difficulty (68.3%).

PublisherSophos
ReportThe State of Identity Security 2026
Published12 May 2026
TopicsCompliance, Breach Risk, Identity Attack

Published by Sophos in The State of Identity Security 2026, 12 May 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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