2025 Security Awareness Report: Why Training Works and Where Organizations Still Fall Short

### Executive Summary: The Fortinet 2025 Security Awareness and Training Global Research Report, based on responses from 1,850 IT and security leaders, finds that AI has raised awareness but employee readiness to handle AI-based threats is uneven; organizations are adopting AI policies and targeted training, reporting measurable reductions in incidents from awareness programs, yet face persistent problems with low completion rates and growing insider risk — Fortinet recommends continuous, relevant, role-based training and promotes its Training Institute.