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Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations saved an average of $1.9 million in breach costs.
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AIAutomationBreach costs
8% of organisations reported not knowing if they had been compromised by an AI-related breach.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
63% of breached organisations either don't have an AI governance policy or are still developing one.
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AIAI governance policy
One in five organisations (which is 20%) reported a breach due to shadow AI.
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AIShadow AIData breach
Nearly half of all organisations reported that they planned to raise the price of goods or services because of a breach.
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Data breachData breach consequences
Less than half of those that plan to invest in security post-breach will focus on AI-driven security solutions or services.
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Data breachInvesmtnetData breach consequences
Healthcare breaches remained the most expensive, averaging $7.42 million.
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Data breachHealthcareData breach cost
There was a significant reduction in the number of organisations that planned to invest in security following a breach: 49% in 2025 compared to 63% in 2024.
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InvestmentData breachData breach consequences
The average cost of an extortion or ransomware incident remains high, particularly when disclosed by an attacker ($5.08 million).
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RansomwareExtortionRansomware cost
13% of organisations reported breaches of AI models or applications.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
Breaches across the healthcare sector take the longest to identify and contain at 279 days, which is more than 5 weeks longer than the global average of 241 days.
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Data breachHealthcareDetect
The global average breach lifecycle (mean time to identify and contain a breach, including restoring services) dropped to 241 days, a 17-day reduction from the year prior.
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Breach lifecycle
Nearly one-third of organisations reported price increases of 15% or more due to a data breach.
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Data breachData breach consequences
The average U.S. cost of a breach reached a record $10.22 million.
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Data breach costUS
16% of breaches studied involved attackers using AI tools.
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AIAI tools
Of those compromised by an AI-related breach, 97% report not having AI access controls in place.
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Data breachAIAI-related breach
Organisations that detected a breach internally observed a $900,000 savings on breach costs compared to those disclosed by an attacker.
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Data breachDetection
63% of organisations opted not to pay ransom demands last year, compared to 59% the year prior.
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Ransom
Security incidents involving shadow AI led to more personally identifiable information (65%) being compromised compared to the global average (53%).
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AIShadow AIPII
Nearly all organisations studied suffered operational disruption following a data breach.
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Data breachData breach consequencesOperation disruption
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