Key Findings
In the U.S., the confirmed cyberattack rate is 34%, two percentage points above the global average.
34% of U.S. organizations experienced a confirmed cyberattack in the past year, compared with 32% globally.
76% of U.S. organizations lack complete identity visibility across their workforce, two percentage points higher than the global average.
75% of U.S. organizations plan to increase security spending in 2026, three percentage points above the global average.
The average U.S. employee now logs into more than fifteen business applications daily.
62% of U.S. organizations have not deployed a Zero Trust strategy, three percentage points lower than the global average.
91% of U.S. organizations indicate that AI will strengthen their security posture.
There is an 82-percentage-point gap between AI belief (91%) and AI deployment readiness (9%) in the U.S.
7% of organizations were unable to confirm whether they had been attacked at all in the past year.
52% of global organizations cite legacy infrastructure as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.
48% of global organizations cite migration complexity as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.
41% of global organizations rank cost as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.
More than half of organizations with fewer than 250 employees report having no dedicated security team.
Across the global sample, one in three businesses reported a confirmed cyberattack in the past year.
63% of U.S. employees use 15 or more business applications, four percentage points above the global average.
Fewer than one in four organizations globally have deployed a dedicated password manager.
Only 9% of U.S. organizations report being ready to deploy AI-powered security today.