Public Sector
Cybersecurity statistics about public sector
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In Q3 2025, commerce received 88% of crawler traffic, while the Public Sector received 96%, and Education had the highest fetcher volume at 77%
27% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted email security training.
44% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted MFA.
26% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted AI detection.
Financial services and the public sector currently report the lowest adoption rates of AI tools, at 21% and 16%, respectively.
36% of those in the public sector indicated they are actively evaluating AI tools.
International bad actors were responsible for up to 12% of all incoming applications for government services and/or loans in the study.
Fraudsters were about four times more likely to use stolen identities instead of synthetic identities.
At least 1 in 4 fraud attempts targeted more than one government agency at once.
Fraud costs the federal government upwards of $500 billion annually.
38% of public-sector organisations report insufficient resilience, compared to 10% of medium-to-large private-sector organisations.
49% of public-sector organisations indicate they lack the necessary talent to meet their cybersecurity goals, which is a 33% increase from 2024.