The 2026 Offensive Security Benchmark Report
The 2026 Offensive Security Benchmark Report delivers the industry's most comprehensive analysis of verified threat data and CISO perspectives, combining 12 months of platform intelligence from 300+ global organizations with survey insights from 34 enterprise security leaders.
This report compiles verified, real-world data on what risks actually exist in attack surfaces, how long they take to remediate, and why 95% of security leaders report dissatisfaction with their ability to prioritize threats based on real-world risk. Whether you're drowning in the 99.5% of alerts that don't matter, concerned about AI-generated code expanding your attack surface, or questioning why high-severity vulnerabilities take 139 days to fix while critical ones are patched in four, this report provides the data-driven answers and actionable recommendations you need to benchmark your security operations against industry peers and identify exactly where your program needs to evolve.
What you'll find in the 2026 Benchmark Report:
- Six critical research findings shaping 2026 security strategy, including why only 0.47% of scanner findings are actually exploitable and what that means for your security program.
- How DNS infrastructure (44% of all verified exposures), AI-driven threats (67% of leaders concerned), and mass edge exploitation (70% of intrusion chains) are fundamentally reshaping the threat landscape.
- Most importantly, evidence-based recommendations for shifting from visibility-first to verification-first security, treating AI as a production dependency, and refocusing SecOps on measurable exposure reduction rather than alert volume.
