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8% of organisations reported not knowing if they had been compromised by an AI-related breach.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
The average U.S. cost of a breach reached a record $10.22 million.
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Data breach costUS
The global average breach lifecycle (mean time to identify and contain a breach, including restoring services) dropped to 241 days, a 17-day reduction from the year prior.
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Breach lifecycle
Breaches across the healthcare sector take the longest to identify and contain at 279 days, which is more than 5 weeks longer than the global average of 241 days.
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Data breachHealthcareDetect
Nearly one-third of organisations reported price increases of 15% or more due to a data breach.
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Data breachData breach consequences
13% of organisations reported breaches of AI models or applications.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
There was a significant reduction in the number of organisations that planned to invest in security following a breach: 49% in 2025 compared to 63% in 2024.
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InvestmentData breachData breach consequences
Healthcare breaches remained the most expensive, averaging $7.42 million.
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Data breachHealthcareData breach cost
Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations saved an average of $1.9 million in breach costs.
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AIAutomationBreach costs
Organisations that detected a breach internally observed a $900,000 savings on breach costs compared to those disclosed by an attacker.
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Data breachDetection
Nearly all organisations studied suffered operational disruption following a data breach.
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Data breachData breach consequencesOperation disruption
Security incidents involving shadow AI led to more personally identifiable information (65%) being compromised compared to the global average (53%).
7/30/2025•
AIShadow AIPII
Of those compromised by an AI-related breach, 97% report not having AI access controls in place.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
63% of organisations opted not to pay ransom demands last year, compared to 59% the year prior.
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Ransom
Organisations that used high levels of shadow AI observed an average of $670,000 in higher breach costs.
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AIShadow AI
Security incidents involving shadow AI led to more intellectual property (40%) being compromised compared to the global average (33%).
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AIShadow AIIntellectual property
The healthcare sector saw a $2.35 million reduction in costs compared to 2024.
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Data breachHealthcareData breach cost
60% of AI-related security incidents led to compromised data.
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AIAI-related security incidentCompromised ata
Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations reduced the breach lifecycle by an average of 80 days.
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AIAutomationBreach lifecycle
Of the organisations that have AI governance policies in place, only 34% perform regular audits for unsanctioned AI.
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AIAI Governance policyUnsanctioned AI
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