Cognyte I Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World 9 VOLUME OF DATA CREATED, CAPTURED, COPIED AND CONSUMED WORLDWIDE (IN ZETTABYTES) Today, there is more data available to be captured, analyzed, and leveraged than ever before. At the start of 2021, IDC estimates that the digital universe is made up of an estimated 74 zettabytes of data. That number is expected to grow by roughly 26% annually to reach 149 zettabytes by 2025. While no one knows the exact numbers, what is clear is that the amount of data produced by humans and machines is staggering and growing exponentially each year. 9 This massive amount of data is created by sensors in IoT devices, Web traffic, social media, security cameras, mobile payments, and so much more. If it could all be properly harnessed, it could - and does - hold key information that can be used to mitigate threats in less time and with better results. 127 TERABYTES The amount of information collected by U.S. special forces from enemy material alone in one year (Oct. 2017 - Sept. 2018). 10 11,000 DRONES The number of drones reportedly operated by the U.S. military, with each one recording ‘more than three NFL seasons worth’ of high-definition footage each day. However, according to a U.S. Department of Defense source, the military does not have sufficient analysts or an adequate system to comb through the data in order to derive actionable intelligence analysis.” 11 VOLUME TREND 2: DATA IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND IS HIGHLY FRAGMENTED, MAKING IT HARDER TO CONNECT THE DOTS In the past, security organizations invested enormous efforts to obtain even small bits of information. Today, they have the opposite challenge - sifting through the information overload to extract meaning and insight from enormous volumes of data. Two data points to give a sense of the magnitude of the challenge: THE INFORMATION OVERLOAD CHALLENGE 149 2024 source: Statista.com 118 2023 94 2022 74 2021 59 2020 41 2019 33 2018 26 2017 18 2016 15.5 2015