VendorsGuardz
Guardz
Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Guardz
8 categories2 reports
Research Reports
Reports and publications from Guardz
Recent Statistics & Reports
Session hijacking incidents increased by 23% over a 180-day period.
5/27/2026•
SMBSession HijackingIdentity
Confirmed business email compromise (BEC) losses range from $140,000 to $1.5 million, compared to an average of roughly $40,000 in early 2025.
5/27/2026•
SMBBECFinancial Losses
31% of users in monitored SMB environments are exposed to compromised passwords each month.
5/27/2026•
SMBPassword SecurityIdentity
89% of monitored SMBs have at least one user with confirmed credential compromise at any given time.
5/27/2026•
SMBIdentityAuthentication
AI-driven detection achieves 92.4% accuracy compared to 67% accuracy for human analysts alone.
5/27/2026•
SMBAI SecurityDetection Accuracy
Remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool abuse accounted for 26% of all detections in monitored SMB environments.
5/27/2026•
SMBEndpoint SecurityRMM Abuse
Machine identities outnumber human users by 25:1 in Microsoft 365 environments.
5/27/2026•
SMBIdentityCloud Security
64% of SMB owners reportedly recovered quickly from a cyber attack.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSCyber Attack
Half of SMBs reported increasing their cybersecurity budgets.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSCybersecurity Budget
80% of SMBs with a formal incident response plan in place were able to avoid major damage during an attack.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSIncident Response Plan
Only 34% of SMB owners have a formal incident response or continuity plan developed with a cybersecurity professional.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSIncident Response Plan
The leading motivations for working with a managed service provider (MSP) for SMBs are a fear of cyberattacks (52%) and a sense of responsibility to customers and stakeholders (40%).
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSMSP
31% of SMB owners don't know exactly how much they spend on cybersecurity.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSCybersecurity Budget
In one-third (33%) of cases, the SMB business owner personally handles alerts and incident resolution.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSIncident Resolution
13% of SMBs rely on untrained employees to handle alerts.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSSecurity Alerts
41% of SMBs have endpoint protection.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSEndpoint Protection
27% of SMBs lack cyber insurance.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSCyber Insurance
3% of SMB owners faced severe, lasting damage following a cyber attack.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSCyber Attack
26% of SMBs do not conduct regular penetration tests or security assessments.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSSMB Pen Testing
42% of SMBs are worried about outdated technologies, with healthcare businesses the most concerned.
1/1/2026•
SMBsUSOutdated Tech
Showing 1-20 of 27 results