Key Findings
Cyber is the leading cause of both IT downtime and data loss for the fourth consecutive year.
30% of organisations cite cyber incidents as their biggest cause of IT downtime over the last 12 months, ahead of hardware failure at 19%.
43% of large organisations reported losing data as a result of a cyber attack.
39% of organisations cite integrating IT and business resilience as their leading resilience priority, just ahead of updating continuity plans (38%) and improving backup processes (38%).
Only 18% of organisations that suffered a ransomware attack paid the ransom, while 59% recovered from backups.
76% of organisations believe they are more resilient than they were 12 months ago.
AI-driven attacks have more than doubled in frequency in the last 12 months, affecting 25% of organisations and are seen as the biggest resilience challenge over the next five years.
65% of organisations think a serious cyber attack could threaten their survival.