52% of all confirmed identity-based alerts were due to identity-related privilege escalation.
52% of all confirmed identity-based alerts were due to identity-related privilege escalation. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by ReliaQuest in November 2025. It covers topics including Cloud Security, Identity Management. The original data appears in Too Much Trust: The Danger of Over-Privileged Cloud Identities . For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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52% of all confirmed identity-based alerts were due to identity-related privilege escalation. This data was published by ReliaQuest and covers Cloud Security, Identity Management.
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This statistic comes from Too Much Trust: The Danger of Over-Privileged Cloud Identities , published by ReliaQuest on November 9, 2025. You can view the original report at https://reliaquest.com/blog/threat-spotlight-danger-of-over-privileged-cloud-identities/.
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This statistic relates to Cloud Security, Identity Management. Browse more statistics on Cloud Security or from ReliaQuest.