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20 STATS1 REPORTS

All Statistics

45% of organizations indicated that the cost of an identity-related breach exceeded the typical cost of a breach as defined by IBM.

Identity breachCost of identity breach

65% of organizations expressed serious concern about IT help desk bypass and social engineering attacks as a top threat.

IT help desk bypassSocial engineering

90% of organizations reported facing challenges in transitioning to passwordless authentication.

Passwordless authentication

83% of cybersecurity professionals expect AI to benefit cybersecurity more than it will benefit cybercrime in the next three years.

AI

69% of organizations globally experienced an identity-related breach in the last three years, marking a 27-percentage-point increase compared to the previous year.

Identity breach

91% of organizations plan to implement AI in their technology stack this year, representing a 12-percentage-point increase year-over-year.

AI

75% of German organizations reported experiencing an identity breach in the last three years.

Identity breachGerman

24% of organizations reported that the costs of an identity-related breach exceeded $10 million, which is a three-percentage-point increase compared to the previous year.

Identity breachCost of identity breach

Identity-related breaches impacted 69% of global organizations in 2026, up from 42% the previous year.

Data breachIdentity-related breach

83% of global cybersecurity professionals expect AI to benefit cybersecurity more than it will benefit cybercrime in the next three years.

AIAI cybersecurity

90% of global organizations reported challenges in moving toward passwordless authentication.

PasswordlessAuthentication

24% of global organizations indicated that costs from identity-related breaches exceeded $10 million, a three-percentage-point increase from the previous year.

Data breachIdentity-related breachData breach consequences

Only 56% of Japanese respondents reported experiencing an identity-related breach in the past three years.

Data breachIdentity-related breachJapan

Japan ranks #1 in the proportion of organizations using passwordless as the primary authentication method.

PasswordlessAuthenticationJapan

Identity-related breaches impacted 69% of global organizations in 2025, up from 42% the previous year.

Data breachIdentity-related breach

91% of global organizations plan to implement AI in their tech stack this year, representing a 12-percentage-point increase from the previous year.

AITools

69% of global organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the last three years, marking a 27-percentage-point increase from the previous year.

Data breachIdentity-related breachIdentity Management

81% of Japanese organizations reported operating in both hybrid and on-premise environments, which is 6 points higher than the global average.

HybridOn-premJapan

71% of Japanese respondents identified phishing as the top threat facing their organization, significantly higher than the global average.

PhishingCyber threatJapan

57% of global users still do not use passwordless authentication as their primary method.

PasswordlessAuthentication