54% of U.S. organizations uncover unmanaged privileged accounts and secrets every week.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Privileged AccessIdentity SecurityUnmanaged Privileged AccountsUnmanaged SecretsUS
88% of U.S. organizations manage two or more identity security tools, creating fragmentation that introduces blind spots.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Identity SecurityIdentity Security ToolsFragmentationBlind SpotsUS
Only 1% of U.S. organizations have fully implemented a modern Just-in-Time (JIT) privileged access model.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Privileged AccessJust-In-Time Privileged Access ModelIdentity SecurityUS
66% of U.S. organizations say traditional privileged access reviews delay projects.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Privileged AccessProject ManagementUS
63% of U.S. organizations admit employees bypass controls to move faster.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Privileged AccessEmployee BehaviorUS
91% of U.S. organizations report that at least half of their privileged access is always-on, providing unrestricted access to sensitive systems.
CyberArkThe Privilege Reality Gap: New Insights Shaping the Future of Identity Security·Jan 8, 2026
Privileged AccessIdentity SecurityUnrestricted AccessUS
Human and machine identities are expected to double in 2025.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityHuman identityMachine identity
75% of security professionals agree that their organizations prioritize business efficiencies over robust cybersecurity.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
Cybersecurity
87% say their organization experienced at least two successful identity-centric breaches in the past 12 months.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityIdentity attack
There are 82 machine identities for every human in organizations worldwide.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityMachine identityHuman identity
70% of respondents say identity silos are a root cause of organizational cybersecurity risk.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
Identity
88% of respondents say that, in their organization, the definition of a ‘privileged user’ applies solely to human identities.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityHuman identityPrivileged access
88% of respondents are under increased pressure from insurers mandating enhanced privilege controls
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
Privilege controlInsurance
68% say their organizations lack identity security controls for AI.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityAI
Nearly half (42%) of machine identities have sensitive or privileged access.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityMachine identityPrivileged access
More than two-thirds of organizations are unprepared for threats targeting AI.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
AI
47% cannot secure shadow AI usage in their organization.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
AIShadow AI
61% do not have identity security controls in place to secure cloud infrastructure and workloads.
CyberArk2025 Identity Security Landscape·Apr 23, 2025
IdentityCloud