2025 made the pressure measurable.

🔺The average breach cost reached $4.44M — still trending upward

🔺30% of alerts are ignored, not by choice, but by overload

🔺Analyst burnout drives ~25% annual churn, with replacement taking 6–12 months

🔺Breaches now last 241 days on average, compounding cost, exposure and regulatory risk

🔺At the same time, compliance timelines are shrinking. Under frameworks like DORA and NIS2, organizations must prove resilience in hours, not days.

The result? Security teams are drowning in noise, while leaders are forced to make 2026 decisions with incomplete or outdated signals.

To plan 2026, leaders need validated numbers, real-world benchmarks and a clear view ahead.