{"id":363055,"date":"2025-11-11T17:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=363055"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:32:57","slug":"identity-security-failed-75-of-german-organizations-rsa-id-iq-report-unveils-top-identity-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/identity-security-failed-75-of-german-organizations-rsa-id-iq-report-unveils-top-identity-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Security Failed 75% of German Organizations: RSA ID IQ Report Unveils Top Identity Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bw-release-subhead\" class=\"press-release ui-kit-press-release-content overflow-hidden bw-release-subhead ui-kit-press-release__subhead top-container mt-6 lg:mt-10 font-figtree text-fontBasic font-medium leading-[1.4545em] text-xl lg:text-2xl\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>Identity breaches surge, driving escalating costs<\/li>\n<li>Help desk hijacks emerge as a major threat<\/li>\n<li>AI optimism is high, but passwordless progress stalls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw-release-body ui-kit-press-release-body ui-kit-press-release__body\">\n<div id=\"bw-release-story\" class=\"press-release ui-kit-press-release-content overflow-hidden bw-release-story ui-kit-press-release-body__story mt-6 lg:mt-10 font-oxygen text-base font-normal leading-[1.5em] lg:text-xl lg:leading-[1.6em]\">\n<div>\n<p>BERLIN&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A new global report from RSA, the security-first identity leader, reveals that identity caused both more frequent and more expensive data breaches this year than last. The\u00a02026 RSA ID IQ Report\u00a0reveals critical insights from more than 2,100 cybersecurity, identity and access management (IAM) and IT professionals on how frequently identity fails organizations, the financial impacts their organizations suffered when it did, attitudes on AI\u2019s cybersecurity potential, the factors limiting the growth of passwordless authentication, and more. The report also details key differences that set German organizations apart from the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pull-quote\" class=\"font-figtree text-lg lg:text-[24px] leading-6 lg:leading-[38px]\">\u201cThe 2026 RSA ID IQ Report underscores that identity simply fails too many organizations too often,\u201d said <strong>RSA CEO Greg Nelson.<\/strong> \u201cThe likelihood of a breach\u2014and the cost of inaction\u2014are too high for leaders to tolerate the status quo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key findings include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li><b>Identity breach frequency surged, and German organizations suffered more than the rest of the world<\/b>: 69% of organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the last three years, a 27-percentage-point increase year-over-year. That 64% relative increase suggests either a surge in successful identity attacks, better detection or reporting, or both. In either case, the report shows that the identity risk environment has become even more dangerous. German organizations report even higher rates of data breaches, with 75% of respondents reporting an identity breach in the last three years.<\/li>\n<li><b>Identity breach costs escalated:\u00a0<\/b>45% of organizations said that the cost of an identity-related breach exceeded the typical cost of a breach as defined by IBM. Notably, 24% of organizations said costs exceeded $10M, a three-percentage-point year-over-year increase since the previous year\u2019s survey. German organizations reported greater financial losses than their global peers, with the highest concentration of users saying they had lost between $5M and $10M.<\/li>\n<li><b>IT Help Desk bypass and social engineering attacks are a top threat<\/b>: Following high-profile breaches at MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment Group, and Marks &amp; Spencer that originated at organizations\u2019 IT help desks, 65% of organizations are seriously concerned about a similar attack, and 51% consider service desk bypass attacks their most significant risk.<\/li>\n<li><b>Passwordless adoption faces hurdles<\/b>: 90% of organizations reported challenges in moving toward passwordless authentication. This struggle is reflected in user behavior, as 57% still don&#8217;t use passwordless as their primary authentication method.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cybersecurity\u2019s AI optimism &amp; adoption:\u00a0<\/b>The cybersecurity sector is largely optimistic about AI, with 83% expecting it to benefit cybersecurity more than it will benefit cybercrime in the next three years. This optimism translates into action: 91% of organizations plan to implement AI in their tech stack this year, marking a 12-percentage-point increase year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a02026 RSA ID IQ Report\u00a0underscores that identity simply fails too many organizations too often,\u201d said <strong>RSA CEO Greg Nelson.<\/strong> \u201cThe likelihood of a breach\u2014and the cost of inaction\u2014are too high for leaders to tolerate the status quo. Instead, these new findings should urge organizations to act quickly to keep themselves secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdentity-related breaches exploded in 2026, jumping from impacting 42% of organizations to 69% in just one year, with help desk social engineering emerging as a major new attack vector,\u201d said <strong>RSA Chief Marketing and Growth Officer Laura Marx.<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s urgent that leaders use this data to assess their identity capabilities and prioritize the actions to stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2026 RSA ID IQ Report details how German organizations differ from their global peers, including alarming rates of identity-related data breaches and high costs resulting from those breaches,\u201d said <strong>Sabine Davies, RSA Regional Director, EMEA Central.<\/strong> &#8220;We highly recommend that all security leaders working in Germany study the report to learn about the global trends shaping identity security and the local risks that set Germany apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identity breaches surge, driving escalating costs Help desk hijacks emerge as a major threat AI optimism is high, but passwordless progress stalls BERLIN&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A new global report from RSA, the security-first identity leader, reveals that identity caused both more frequent and more expensive data breaches this year than last. 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