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Recent Statistics & Reports

8% of organisations reported not knowing if they had been compromised by an AI-related breach.

7/30/2025
Data breachAIAI-related breach

The average U.S. cost of a breach reached a record $10.22 million.

7/30/2025
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.

7/30/2025
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.

7/30/2025
Data breachHealthcareDetect

Nearly one-third of organisations reported price increases of 15% or more due to a data breach.

7/30/2025
Data breachData breach consequences

13% of organisations reported breaches of AI models or applications.

7/30/2025
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.

7/30/2025
InvestmentData breachData breach consequences

Healthcare breaches remained the most expensive, averaging $7.42 million.

7/30/2025
Data breachHealthcareData breach cost

Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations saved an average of $1.9 million in breach costs.

7/30/2025
AIAutomationBreach costs

Organisations that detected a breach internally observed a $900,000 savings on breach costs compared to those disclosed by an attacker.

7/30/2025
Data breachDetection

Nearly all organisations studied suffered operational disruption following a data breach.

7/30/2025
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.

7/30/2025
Data breachAIAI-related breach

63% of organisations opted not to pay ransom demands last year, compared to 59% the year prior.

7/30/2025
Ransom

Organisations that used high levels of shadow AI observed an average of $670,000 in higher breach costs.

7/30/2025
AIShadow AI

Security incidents involving shadow AI led to more intellectual property (40%) being compromised compared to the global average (33%).

7/30/2025
AIShadow AIIntellectual property

The healthcare sector saw a $2.35 million reduction in costs compared to 2024.

7/30/2025
Data breachHealthcareData breach cost

60% of AI-related security incidents led to compromised data.

7/30/2025
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.

7/30/2025
AIAutomationBreach lifecycle

Of the organisations that have AI governance policies in place, only 34% perform regular audits for unsanctioned AI.

7/30/2025
AIAI Governance policyUnsanctioned AI

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