CSC

27% of senior executives specializing in IP law report a significant increase in IP infringements over the past 12 months

58% of senior executives specializing in IP law are concerned about cybersquatting or brand-infringing registrations under new extensions

90% of senior executives specializing in IP law say AI-enabled systems are increasing online IP infringements

Only 14% of security leaders are very confident in their company's ability to mitigate domain attacks.

57% of security leaders use AI-based monitoring and enforcement solutions.

73% of security leaders view AI as an opportunity rather than a risk for cybersecurity.

Nearly 60% of organizations use three or more SSL certificate providers.

Certificate lifetimes are set to shorten to 200 days in 2026, 100 days in 2027, and 47 days by 2029.

On average, a web outage caused by an expired SSL certificate can cost around $9,000 per minute.

90% of senior legal professionals are expecting an increase in intellectual property infringements in the year ahead

85% of senior legal professionals reported an increase in intellectual property infringements at their firms over the past 12 months

67% of senior legal professionals expect significant increases in brand protection and IP enforcement budgets over the next three years

Domain Validation (DV) certificates account for 73.5% of all SSL certificates.

By 2029, SSL and TLS certificate life cycles will shrink from 367 days to just 47 days.

By 2028, DCV re-use periods will decline from 367 days to only 10 days.

17% of companies surveyed are unaware of their current Domain Control Validation (DCV) method.

40% of enterprises are at risk of unexpected service outages due to out-of-date Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates.

Senior executives specializing in IP law rate phishing as a top concern at 39%

Senior executives specializing in IP law rate domain name abuse as a top concern at 39%

73% of senior executives specializing in IP law cite slow enforcement processes as a top operational challenge when managing IP infringements

65% of senior executives specializing in IP law cite small teams or lack of dedicated staff as a top operational challenge when managing IP infringements

64% of senior executives specializing in IP law cite high volume of infringement activity as a top operational challenge when managing IP infringements

66% of senior executives specializing in IP law cite regulatory issues and penalties as a significant consequence of IP infringement

59% of senior executives specializing in IP law outsource up to half of infringement monitoring activities to specialist third parties

26% of senior executives specializing in IP law use AI extensively to support IP protection

70% of senior executives specializing in IP law use AI moderately to support IP protection

60% of senior executives specializing in IP law cite the cost of defensive domain registrations among new gTLDs as their biggest concern related to domain namespace expansion

96% of senior executives specializing in IP law are concerned about the threat of IP infringements

Senior executives specializing in IP law rate impersonation as a top concern at 40%

29% of senior executives specializing in IP law anticipate a significant increase in online IP infringements in the next 12 months

10% of security leaders believe major businesses and organizations are significantly underprotected against DNS outages.

70% of security leaders say their organizations apply risk controls only to key suppliers.

98% of security leaders are concerned about the risks of giving third-party AI-based systems, including large language models, access to company data.

79% of security leaders are concerned or very concerned that suppliers' and partners' AI tool use poses a cybersecurity risk to their organization.

44% of security leaders use AI-based solutions for threat detection and fraud prevention.

86% of security leaders cite AI-powered domain generation algorithms (DGAs) as a cybersecurity threat.

Let’s Encrypt, Google®, and Amazon® issued 66% of all analyzed SSL certificates.

88% of senior legal professionals believe that AI-enabled systems are driving an increase in infringement activity

91% of senior legal professionals are concerned about the threat of online intellectual property infringement

76% of organizations have a domain management strategy in place

Only 16% of legal teams have total visibility into how their portfolios are managed

93% of senior legal professionals are concerned that AI-generated fake assets could materially harm their business

4.1% of analyzed companies use 7 certificate providers.

1.9% of analyzed companies use 8 certificate providers.

Approximately 60% of businesses use three or more certificate providers.

7.4% of analyzed companies use 6 certificate providers.

Over two-thirds of all Global 2000 companies have less than half of the recommended domain security measures implemented.

22.4% of analyzed companies use 1 certificate provider.

Three leading providers supply 89% of the DV certificates used by analyzed organizations.

Let’s Encrypt, Google ®, and Amazon ® combined account for 66% of all certificates analyzed from organizations.