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The average annual cost of insider risk reached $19.5 million in 2025, up 20% over two years.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk Cost

Organizations took an average of 67 days to contain an insider incident, down from 86 days in 2023.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider IncidentInsider Incident Containment

Organizations experienced an average of 25 insider incidents in 2025.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Incident

Identity management and behavioral intelligence delivered the largest breach cost savings, reducing insider risk costs by $6.1 million and $5.1 million per year, respectively.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskIdentity ManagementBehavioral Intelligence

92% of organizations say generative AI has fundamentally changed how employees access and share information

5/27/2026
Insider RiskGenAIInformation Sharing

64% increased insider risk budgets in 2025, yet 45% still view funding as insufficient.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk BudgetSecurity Investment

Negligence drove the highest losses, with costs reaching $10.3 million annually – a 17% year-over-year increase.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider IncidentNegligence

63% of organizations now run a dedicated insider risk program.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk Program

Only 13% of organizations have formally integrated AI into business strategies.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskAI Integration

73% worry unauthorized AI use is creating invisible data exfiltration paths.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskUnauthorized AI UseData Exfiltration

Just 18% have fully integrated AI governance into their insider risk programs.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskAI GovernanceInsider Risk Program

44% believe malicious use of AI agents will significantly or moderately increase data theft risk.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskAgentic AIData Theft Risk

Only 19% of organizations classify AI agents as equivalent to human insiders.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskAgentic AI

Insider risk containment represents the largest cost driver at $247,587 per incident, far exceeding escalation costs of $39,728.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk Containment

Organizations with established insider risk programs prevented at least seven insider incidents per year, avoiding approximately $8.2 million in breach-related costs.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk Program

Insider incidents contained within 30 days cost $14.2 million annually, compared with $21.9 million when containment exceeds 90 days.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider IncidentInsider Incident Containment

70% expect insider risk budgets to rise again in 2026, with 28% anticipating increases of 10% or more.

5/27/2026
Insider RiskInsider Risk BudgetSecurity Investment