Identity
We've curated 81 cybersecurity statistics about Identity to help you understand how identity theft, credential management, and authentication practices are evolving in 2025. Discover the trends and threats affecting how personal and organizational identities are secured!
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Identity weaknesses play a material role in nearly 90% of investigated incidents.
40% of cybersecurity professionals in the United States reported that Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is not consistently enforced for privileged accounts in 2025.
28% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany reported that their organizations are fully prepared to handle AI-enhanced attacks in 2025.
43% of cybersecurity professionals in the United Kingdom reported that Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is not consistently enforced for privileged accounts in 2025.
50% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany reported that their organizations lack a dedicated Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution in 2025.
50% of cybersecurity professionals in the United Kingdom identified phishing as the top identity-based threat in 2025.
Only 12% of cybersecurity professionals in the United Kingdom reported that their organizations are fully prepared to handle AI-enhanced attacks in 2025.
61% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany identified deepfakes as the most significant identity-based threat in 2025.
45% of cybersecurity professionals in the United States cited phishing as their greatest risk in 2025.
44% of cybersecurity professionals reported fully implemented zero-trust frameworks at it-sa in Germany in 2025.
27% of cybersecurity professionals reported fully implemented zero-trust frameworks at Black Hat USA in 2025.
16% of cybersecurity professionals in the United States reported that their organizations are fully prepared to handle AI-enhanced attacks in 2025.
At Infosecurity Europe, 18% of cybersecurity professionals reported fully implemented zero-trust frameworks in 2025.
79% of organizations experienced identity or user account-related cyber incidents in the past 12 months, according to the 2025 Security Operations Trends Report.
Just 27.3% of organisations surveyed had effectively implemented zero trust.
Roughly 5 times as many identity-related detections were observed in the first half of this year compared to all of 2024.
Organisations self-identifying as "Established" in their identity posture follow 5.1 best practices.
46% of organisations experienced multiple attacks in the past 24 months.
74% of IT decision-makers rate their identity posture as "Established" or "Advanced".
In the past 24 months, 72% of organisations experienced at least one attack.