Identity Management
We've curated 60 cybersecurity statistics about Identity Management to help you understand how secure user authentication, access controls, and identity verification practices are evolving in 2025, ensuring that only the right people access sensitive information.
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50% of enterprises have unified reporting ownership for physical and digital identity.
58% of enterprises say managing digital identity has become more complex over the past two years.
34% of Finance organizations operate fully separate reporting structures for physical and digital identity despite stringent regulatory access-control obligations.
59% of enterprises manage three or more distinct credential and authentication systems.
48% of enterprises have consolidated budget control for physical and digital identity.
65% of organizations experienced a confirmed AI identity-related security incident in the past 12 months.
88% of organizations say AI deployment is outpacing their identity and security infrastructure.
Among organizations where AI significantly expanded identities requiring access, breach rates reached 43% over the past twelve months. In contrast, where AI had not materially changed access patterns, breach rates were 11% over the past twelve months.
64% of organizations that rate themselves "very confident" in their AI security posture have experienced a confirmed AI identity incident.
84% of organizations that rate themselves "extremely confident" in their AI security posture have experienced a confirmed AI identity incident.
12% of organizations emerged from the past year without an AI identity incident or close call.
23% of organizations reported a near miss for AI identity-related security in the past 12 months.
74% of organizations lack a unified view of sensitive data and the identities that can access it.
76% of organizations do not fully govern or monitor non-human identities.
68% of enterprises have zero technical visibility into autonomous AI agent workflows that inherit user identity and single sign-on tokens.
17% of organizations that rate themselves "not so confident" in their AI security posture have experienced a confirmed AI identity incident.
66% of organizations are planning a significant increase in identity investment.
91% of organizations expect identity investment to increase in the next 12–18 months.
48% of organizations cite non-human identities (AI agents, APIs) as a top concern
76% of U.S. organizations lack complete identity visibility across their workforce, two percentage points higher than the global average.