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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by DTEX
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Recent Statistics & Reports
The average annual cost of insider risk reached $19.5 million in 2025, up 20% over two years.
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Insider RiskInsider Risk Cost
Organizations took an average of 67 days to contain an insider incident, down from 86 days in 2023.
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Insider RiskInsider IncidentInsider Incident Containment
Organizations experienced an average of 25 insider incidents in 2025.
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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.
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Insider RiskIdentity ManagementBehavioral Intelligence
92% of organizations say generative AI has fundamentally changed how employees access and share information
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Insider RiskGenAIInformation Sharing
64% increased insider risk budgets in 2025, yet 45% still view funding as insufficient.
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Insider RiskInsider Risk BudgetSecurity Investment
Negligence drove the highest losses, with costs reaching $10.3 million annually – a 17% year-over-year increase.
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Insider RiskInsider IncidentNegligence
63% of organizations now run a dedicated insider risk program.
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Insider RiskInsider Risk Program
Only 13% of organizations have formally integrated AI into business strategies.
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Insider RiskAI Integration
73% worry unauthorized AI use is creating invisible data exfiltration paths.
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Insider RiskUnauthorized AI UseData Exfiltration
Just 18% have fully integrated AI governance into their insider risk programs.
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Insider RiskAI GovernanceInsider Risk Program
44% believe malicious use of AI agents will significantly or moderately increase data theft risk.
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Insider RiskAgentic AIData Theft Risk
Only 19% of organizations classify AI agents as equivalent to human insiders.
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Insider RiskAgentic AI
Insider risk containment represents the largest cost driver at $247,587 per incident, far exceeding escalation costs of $39,728.
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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.
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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.
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Insider RiskInsider IncidentInsider Incident Containment
70% expect insider risk budgets to rise again in 2026, with 28% anticipating increases of 10% or more.
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Insider RiskInsider Risk BudgetSecurity Investment