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40% of enterprises are at risk of unexpected service outages due to out-of-date Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates.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

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

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

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.