With 2025 just around the corner and with the release of our 2025 Trends and Predictions guide, it’s the perfect time to look back at the numbers that shaped cyber security in 2024. We’ve pulled together 24 standout statistics that highlight the key trends and challenges from the past year. These include data collated by Integrity360 from our internal tools and services, alongside major statistics curated from across the industry. Together, they paint a picture of an evolving threat landscape and offer valuable insights into where cyber security is headed in 2025.

Integrity360 stats 

50% of vulnerabilities seen by Integrity360 were of high severity 

3 years on, Log4Shell is still one of the most common attacks 

33% of recorded exploit attempts were targeting vulnerabilities from the 2010s 

70% of recorded incidents were targeting high impact vulnerabilities 

97 days was the average time for organisations to patch critical vulnerabilities  

AI  

74% of IT security professionals report their organisations are suffering significant impact from AI-powered threats - Darktrace 

64% of organisations have adopted AI or machine learning in their cyber security measures as of 2024 - Gartner 

68% of UK and Ireland based organisations will make AI their top deployed technologies in 2025 – Gartner 

95% of security professionals anticipate that adopting AI cyber security tools will strengthen their security efforts - Darktrace 

97% of cyber security professionals fear their organisations will face AI-generated security incidents – Deep Instinct 

Cyber Attacks  

30% year-over-year increase in the number of weekly cyber attacks recorded by organisations – Check Point 

67% of successful cyberattacks result from human negligence or human-based attacks, such as phishing. - ISACA Journal 

68% of breaches involved a human element in 2024. - Verizon 

75% increase in cloud intrusions, highlighting the need for robust cloud security measures - CrowdStrike 

$2.73 million was the average ransom demanded in a ransomware attack which is almost $1 million more than 2023 – Varonis 

42% of companies reported suffering from cyber fatigue, or apathy to proactively defending against cyberattacks in 2024 - Cisco  

8% of businesses who pay ransoms to hackers receive all of their data in return – Sophos 

94% of all malware was delivered by email - Varonis 

Cyber Industry 

14% increase in Global expenditure on cyber security in 2024 – Gartner 

25% increase in spending on cloud security products and services in 2024 – Gartner  

78% of organisations feel their cyber resilience is insufficient to meet their needs – World Economic Forum  

MDR and MSSPs  

50% of organisations will utilise MDR services for threat monitoring, detection, and response functions in 2025 - Gartner 

70% of organisations have outsourced at least part of their security operations to MSSPs in 2024 – MSSP Alert 

85% was the customer satisfaction rate for MSSPs in 2024, indicating a high level of trust and reliance on managed security services – MSSP Alert 

If you have concerns around any of the areas highlighted in the above statistics or would like to discuss any of these areas in further detail please contact us to arrange a meeting with some of our expert team.