Smaller organizations are twice as likely to report insufficient resilience compared to large firms.

65% of large companies cited third-party and supply chain risks as their greatest cyber resilience barrier in 2026, up from 54% in 2025.

Only 29% of IT leaders expressed very high confidence in their ability to recover critical data after a zero-day exploit, while 59% were only somewhat confident.

54% of IT leaders plan for a moderate or significant increase in their budget for data protection and resilience in 2026.

Resilience Scores among organizations have remained statistically flat since 2023, with an average decline of 3%.

47% of surveyed leaders expressed complete confidence in their resilience strategies.

52% of financial services organizations rated themselves as very well prepared, and 38% achieved same-day recovery from ransomware attacks.

42% of public sector organizations suffered significant disruption to business operations due to ransomware attacks.

37% of financial services organizations suffered significant disruption to business operations due to ransomware attacks.

51% of organizations deployed automated incident response.

47% of organizations improved detection and monitoring capabilities after ransomware attacks

83% of victims who paid ransom were attacked again

46% of security teams believe their organizations are 'very prepared' to face ransomware.

38% of organizations fixed the issue that allowed attackers to enter after a ransomware attack

54% of board members and C-level executives believe their organizations are 'very prepared' to face ransomware.

76% of organizations reported that it is getting harder to be fully prepared for ransomware attacks

Only 22% of victims who felt 'well-prepared' recovered from ransomware attacks within 24 hours

78% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the preceding 12 months

Fewer than 25% of organizations that experienced a ransomware attack recovered from the attack within 24 hours.

50% of organizations that experienced a ransomware attack believed they were 'very well prepared' for ransomware.