Report by Everfox
CYBER360: Defending the Digital Battlespace
Key Findings
49% of security leaders in government, defense, and critical services cite ensuring data integrity and preventing tampering in transit as their single biggest challenge when transferring information across classified or coalition networks.
45% of security leaders in government, defense, and critical services cite managing identity and authentication across multiple domains as the biggest challenge to securing access to mission data.
84% of government IT security leaders agree that sharing sensitive data across networks heightens their cyber risk.
53% of government IT security leaders rely on manual data transfer processes.
National security organizations faced an average of 137 attempted or successful cyberattacks per week in 2025, up from 127 cyberattacks per week in 2024.
78% of security leaders in government, defense, and critical services cite outdated infrastructure as a primary source of cyber vulnerability.
Cyberattacks against agencies in the U.S. have surged 25% in the last year and occur more frequently on a weekly basis than in the UK.