In cybersecurity, prevention gets most of the attention, but data management and reliable backups determine whether an organization survives an incident or becomes a headline. Ransomware, insider mistakes, hardware failures, and cloud misconfigurations all have one thing in common: when data is lost or corrupted, recovery depends entirely on how well it was managed and backed up beforehand.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) has become a central pillar in modern cybersecurity frameworks, from CMMC to NIST 800-171 to enterprise-level governance programs. For organizations seeking a platform that’s built with PAM principles at its core, Gold Comet, our cybersecurity company based in Virginia, stands out as a secure, zero-trust, encryption-first alternative to legacy systems.

In this post are 27 data-backed statistics from 2024–2025 that summarize where cybercrime is concentrated today and what organizations must know to prepare for next year.