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Recent Statistics & Reports
87% of global business leaders reported experiencing rising AI-related vulnerabilities in 2025.
1/13/2026•
AI-Related Vulnerabilities
63% of organizations in sub-Saharan Africa reported insufficient cybersecurity skills to achieve their security objectives.
1/13/2026•
Cybersecurity SkillsTalent ShortageRegional Issues
Smaller organizations are twice as likely to report insufficient resilience compared to large firms.
1/13/2026•
ResilienceSmall business
31% of global business leaders reported low confidence in their nations' ability to respond to critical infrastructure attacks.
1/13/2026•
Critical Infrastructure Attacks
65% of organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean reported insufficient cybersecurity skills to achieve their security objectives.
1/13/2026•
Cybersecurity SkillsTalent ShortageRegional Issues
73% of global business leaders were or knew someone directly affected by cyber-enabled fraud in 2025.
1/13/2026•
Cyber-Enabled Fraud
65% of large companies cited third-party and supply chain risks as their greatest cyber resilience barrier in 2026, up from 54% in 2025.
1/13/2026•
Third-Party RisksSupply Chain RisksResilience
94% of global business leaders expect AI to be the most consequential force shaping cybersecurity in 2026.
1/13/2026•
AI Impact
47% of organisations cite adversarial advances powered by generative AI (GenAI) as their primary concern.
1/1/2025•
AIGen AI
42% of organisations reported phishing and social engineering attacks in 2024.
1/1/2025•
PhishingSocial engineering
The cyber skills gap has increased by 8% since 2024.
1/1/2025•
TalentSkills gapStaff
Only 14% of organisations are confident that they have the people and skills they need today.
1/1/2025•
TalentSkills gapStaff
36% of respondents in Africa and 42% in Latin America lack confidence in their country's ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.
1/1/2025•
ResilienceAfricaLatin America
36% of respondents in Africa and 42% in Latin America lack confidence in their country's ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.
1/1/2025•
ResilienceAfricaLatin America
35% of small organisations believe their cyber resilience is inadequate, which is a sevenfold increase since 2022.
1/1/2025•
Resilience
45% of cyber leaders are concerned about disruption of operations and business processes.
1/1/2025•
Business disruption
15% of respondents in Europe and North America lack confidence in their country’s ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.
1/1/2025•
ResilienceEuropeNorth America
More than 76% of chief information security officers (CISOs) at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity in 2024 reported that fragmentation of regulations across jurisdictions greatly affects their organisations’ ability to maintain compliance.
1/1/2025•
ComplianceRegulationsCISOs
The proportion of large organisations reporting insufficient cyber resilience has nearly halved.
1/1/2025•
Resilience
Two out of three organisations report moderate-to-critical skills gaps.
1/1/2025•
TalentSkills gapStaff
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