Cybersecurity Statistics 2026 | Axis Intelligence Research

48%

Breaches involving Ransomware (2026 DBIR)

Verizon 2026 DBIR

$10.22M

Avg. U.S. Data Breach Cost Record (2025)

IBM Cost of Data Breach 2025

31%

Breaches via Vuln. Exploitation — Now #1 Vector

Verizon 2026 DBIR

4.7M

Global Unfilled Cybersecurity Roles

ISC2 / Axis Calculation

Average Data Breach Cost by Region / Country (2025)

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025

Top Initial Attack Vectors — Share of Breaches (2026 DBIR)

Source: Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report

Ransomware in Breaches & Active Groups Over Time (2022–2026)

Sources: Verizon DBIR 2022–2026 · IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2026

Average Breach Cost by Sector — Global (IBM 2025)

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025

Cybersecurity Workforce: Supply vs. Demand Gap (2021–2025)

Source: ISC2 Annual Cybersecurity Workforce Studies 2021–2025

Axis Cybersecurity Breach Cost Divergence Index (CBCDI) — Q2 2026

Original metric by Axis Intelligence Research. Quantifies the structural gap between U.S. and global average breach costs. CBCDI Score = U.S. avg ÷ Global avg (IBM annual data). Q2 2026 score: 2.30 = U.S. organizations face breach costs 130% above the global average. No single primary source publishes this composite. Released CC BY 4.0.

2.30

CBCDI Q2 2026
U.S. / Global Ratio

Global avg breach cost

$4.44M baseline

U.S. avg breach cost

$10.22M (+130%)

Healthcare global avg

$7.42M

Supply chain avg

$4.91M

Shadow AI premium

+$670K per breach