Key Takeaway
Kamran Ikram, Accenture’s Security lead in the UK & Ireland, highlights the increasing threat of AI-driven social engineering in cyber-attacks, emphasizing that no organization is immune. Cyber criminals exploit social media to create deceptive messages, necessitating quicker judgment from employees. While the workforce feels cyber confident, a significant skills gap exists, particularly between genders. Accenture’s 2025 Cybersecurity Resilience Report categorizes organizations into three zones: reinvention-ready (10%), progressing (27%), and exposed (63%). Those in the reinvention-ready zone are 69% less likely to experience cyberattacks compared to those in the exposed zone, underscoring the importance of cybersecurity maturity.
Kamran Ikram, Accenture’s Security lead for the UK & Ireland, states: “Recent cyber-attacks demonstrate that no organisation is immune, and these findings highlight an increasing threat from AI-driven social engineering, where attackers exploit trust rather than technical vulnerabilities.
“With cyber criminals leveraging information from social media to mislead individuals with convincing messages or calls, employees must quickly discern what is genuine and what is not.
“The workforce exhibits a sense of cyber confidence – although this confidence varies between men and women, there is a significant skills and training gap across the board.
“Being overconfident yet undertrained poses a serious risk.”
Bridging the Security Maturity Gap and the AI Training Divide
Accenture’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity Resilience Report classifies organisations into three categories – reinvention-ready, progressing, and exposed – based on their strategy and cyber capabilities.
Only 10% have attained the reinvention-ready category, 27% are in the progressing category, and a notable 63% are classified as the most vulnerable, exposed category.
Importantly, organisations in the reinvention-ready category are 69% less likely to experience a cyberattack compared to those in the exposed category.
The 2025 State of Cybersecurity Resilience Report by Accenture categorises organisations into distinct zones: the reinvention-ready zone, progressing zone, and exposed zone, based on their strategy and cyber capabilities.
Only 10% of organisations have reached the reinvention-ready status, while 27% are in the progressing zone and a staggering 63% find themselves in the most vulnerable, exposed zone.
Being in the reinvention-ready zone significantly reduces the likelihood of an organisation being targeted by a cyberattack by 69% compared to those in the exposed zone.
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