In the past 24 months, 72% of organisations experienced at least one attack.
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IdentityCyber attack
Organisations self-identifying as "Advanced" in their identity posture follow only 4.7 out of 12 best practices.
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Identity
Of organisations that experienced attacks, 38% of breaches stemmed from compromised employee credentials.
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IdentityCredentialsCompromised credentials
The top consequences of breaches reported were operational downtime (71%), reputational damage (45%), and financial loss (41%)
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IdentityBreach consequencesDowntimeReputationFinancial loss
Only 60% of organisations enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users.
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IdentityMFA
46% of organisations experienced multiple attacks in the past 24 months.
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IdentityMultiple cyber attacks
74% of IT decision-makers rate their identity posture as "Established" or "Advanced".
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Identity
14% of organisations failed multiple compliance audits due to identity-related issues.
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IdentityCompliance auditFailed compliance audit
Only 40% of organisations conduct regular user access reviews.
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IdentityUser access review
34% of organisations have failed a compliance audit due to identity-related issues.
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IdentityCompliance auditFailed compliance audit
85% of organisations are "extremely" or "very" confident in their ability to detect breaches within 24 hours.
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IdentityData breachDetectionConfidence
36% of organisations experienced a data breach involving identity credentials.
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IdentityData breachIdentity credentials
Less than 3 in 10 organisations allocate more than 20% of their cybersecurity budget to identity security.
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IdentityCybersecurity budget
Just 27% of organisations enforce a least privilege access model.
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IdentityLeast privilege
38% of organisations suffered a phishing attack that led to unauthorised access.
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IdentityPhishingUnauthorized access
Organisations self-identifying as "Established" in their identity posture follow 5.1 best practices.
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Identity
61% of healthcare organizations reported at least one identity-related attack in the past year.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsIdentitiesIdentity attackHealthcare
42% of healthcare companies failed an identity-related compliance audit.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsHealthcareComplianceIdentities
Only 6% of security leaders rank securing non-human identities as their most difficult challenge.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsNon-human identitiesIdentities
34% of healthcare organizations name AI impersonation of users as their top emerging threat.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsHealthcareAIIdentities
Only 23% of healthcare organizations offer passwordless authentication
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AI AI agentsHealthcareAuthenticationPasswordless
Only 17% of healthcare organizations list compliance as a top concern.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsHealthcareCompliance
Fewer than 50% of organizations monitor access or behaviour for the AI systems they deploy.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agents
Over 50% of organizations use AI to detect threats.
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AI AI agentsThreat detection
85% of organizations lack proper security controls for AI agents.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agents
85% of organizations state they are "ready for AI in security".
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AI AI agents
Only 30% of organizations regularly map AI agents to critical assets.
BeyondIDAI Agents: The New Insider Threat ·Jun 25, 2025
AI AI agentsCritical assets