2026 State of Identity Security Report
Identity is the #1 Security Risk and AI is Making it Explode.
Identity-based attacks now dominate security incidents, while AI is rapidly creating and granting access to identities faster than most organizations can track or secure.
Inside the report:
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76% of organizations say identity compromise accounts for up to 75% of security incidents
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Only 46% have full visibility into all human, non-human, and AI identities
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Just 43% can detect identity-based risk before an incident occurs
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95% say AI systems can create or modify identities without human oversight
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Nearly 40% report AI has access to 26–50% of sensitive data
Based on a global survey of 512 security and identity leaders, the 2026 State of Identity Security Report reveals where visibility breaks down—and why unified identity visibility is now critical.
Permiso has proven to be indispensable to the way we manage and secure identities across multiple environments
Permiso's ability to track identities and their activities across IaaS, SaaS and identity providers at runtime is unlike any of our existing solutions
Identity is the silver bullet in the cloud. If you don't get it right, you're dead!
