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We've curated 76 cybersecurity statistics about GenAI to help you understand how generative AI technologies are being leveraged for both innovative solutions and new threats in 2025.

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Over 60% of organizations cite automating identity lifecycle processes and scaling identity operations as their primary GenAI use cases.

Omada2/12/2026
Identity SecurityIdentity Lifecycle Processes

Malicious or impersonation GenAI sites decreased by 92% from April 2024 to April 2025.

DNSFilter2/9/2026
Network TrendsGenAI Sites

GenAI traffic experienced a 102.13% month-over-month spike in September 2025.

DNSFilter2/9/2026
AI TrafficGenAI Traffic

27% of phishing emails observed in 2024 contained over 1,000 characters, indicating the use of generative AI in their creation.

Darktrace11/29/2025
Phishing emails

44% of organizations lack sufficient visibility and controls over GenAI tools.

Proofpoint11/9/2025
Visibility

32% of organizations flag unsupervised data access by agents as a critical threat.

Proofpoint11/9/2025
Data loss

Two in five organizations cite data loss via public or enterprise GenAI tools as a top concern.

Proofpoint11/9/2025
Data loss

Over a third of organizations worry about sensitive data being used in AI training.

Proofpoint11/9/2025
Data loss

When asked which egress channels for the outflow of sensitive data does your organization worry most about, 56% said Generative AI tools like ChatGPT.

Fortinet10/16/2025
Insider riskEgress channel

Only 12% of organizations feel fully prepared to detect or respond to sensitive data being shared with GenAI tools.

Fortinet10/16/2025
Insider riskData leak

45% of respondents are very concerned about sensitive data being shared with generative AI tools like ChatGPT.

Fortinet10/16/2025
Insider riskData leak

52% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

CompTIA10/14/2025
AI

43% of small companies (<100 employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

CompTIA10/14/2025
AI

47% of large companies (500-9999 employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

CompTIA10/14/2025
AI

45% of medium companies (100-499 employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

CompTIA10/14/2025
AI

36% of organizations say GenAI is somewhat concerning for API security.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API

3% of organizations are taking other measures to mitigate the risks of using Generative AI to develop APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API

More than half (59%) of organizations are leveraging GenAI within their own security operations to streamline threat detection and risk mitigation.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API

3% of organizations do not know if Generative AI is perceived as a growing API security concern/risk within their organization.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API

15% of organizations were not very confident in their ability to detect and respond to attacks leveraging Generative AI.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API