Report by Cohesity

Global Cyber Resilience Report

15 FINDINGSPublished Sep 16, 2026
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Key Findings

Among organizations that experienced a material cyberattack in the past 12 months, 60% encounter moderate or significant delays because they lack confidence that restored data and systems are clean and safe to use

Security IncidentsData Recovery

60% of organizations that experienced a material cyberattack report identity or access issues after systems are restored

Identity ManagementSecurity Incidents

Only 3% of organizations say their current recovery plans are equipped to handle frontier AI attack conditions

AI SecurityDisaster Recovery

78% of organizations prioritize restoring systems over maintaining business operations

Business Continuity

22% of organizations have both documented and tested a Minimum Viable Company (MVC)

Business ContinuityOperational ResilienceResilience

Among organizations that have both documented and tested an MVC, 64% say the MVC directly determines what is prioritized and restored first during a material cyberattack

Business ContinuityDisaster Recovery

For organizations that experienced a material cyberattack, the scope of affected systems expands beyond the initial assessment for 70% of them

Incident ResponseSecurity Incidents

93% of organizations say their cyber response and recovery plans rely on the five assumptions of containment, dependency visibility, recovery sequencing, decision-making clarity, and trusted restoration

Incident ResponseOperational Resilience

37% of organizations have formally documented a Minimum Viable Company (MVC)

Business ContinuityOperational Resilience

99% of organizations use AI systems, applications, workflows, or machine learning models

AI AdoptionAI Security

Only 39% of organizations say their cyber response and recovery plans comprehensively account for attacks targeting AI systems

AI SecurityIncident Response

56% of organizations say they are not well prepared to detect, contain, and recover from unintended or incorrect actions taken by AI agents, copilots, or AI workflows

AI SecurityIncident Response

An average of 61% of organizations identify moderate or significant gaps in how their plans account for cloud infrastructure, SaaS, identity services, security tooling, third-party integrations, and AI systems

Cloud SecurityOperational Resilience

58% of organizations report they are not very confident in verifying the integrity of AI models and related data following a cyberattack

AI SecurityData Integrity

83% of organizations say their recovery plans require moderate or significant changes to address attacks involving frontier AI capabilities such as vulnerability discovery, exploit development, and multi-step intrusions

AI SecurityOperational Resilience