^{October 30, 2025}

EY's latest cybersecurity research, surveying over 800 C-suite executives in the United States, paints a stark picture of the modern cyber landscape. The findings reveal a troubling imbalance between awareness, action, and trust.

• 84% of leaders confirmed their organisation has experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last three years.

• 66% of CISOs believe the threats their organisations face are more advanced than their current defences.

• 47% reported incidents caused by insider threats, employees intentionally stealing or leaking private information.

• 68% admit that short-term, revenue-driven decisions often take precedence over long-term cybersecurity investment.

• 68% still see cybersecurity as part of the IT budget, not as a strategic business enabler.

The result is a cycle of reaction; organisations firefighting incidents rather than preventing them; attackers only have to be lucky once, and all that. Clearly, this model is unsustainable, and a new mindset is needed.

For years, credential verification and cybersecurity have operated in silos. Verification has been reduced to logins and one-time codes, while security has focused on encryption and network defence. This disconnect leaves organisations exposed. In an era in which almost every business function, from internal collaboration to supplier and asset management is digital, this separation is no longer tenable.

The truth is, static credentials and isolated defences cannot deliver lasting trust. They create brittle points of failure and an illusion of control. Organisations may feel protected, but their architectures are not designed for the dynamic, interconnected reality of modern operations.

At Origin Secured, we believe the answer lies in creating a Unified Digital Presence, a living, verifiable state of trust that connects identity, credentials, and security in real time.

Traditional systems treat authentication as a past event: once a password is entered or a code is approved, access is granted until revoked. Origin Secured replaces that static model with continuous verification, where credentials and permissions interact dynamically across systems. Trust becomes a constant, not a checkpoint.

Origin Secured’s Trust Engine delivers a Unified Digital Presence through four interoperable components:

• OS Digital Licence:

  A portable set of contextual credentials endorsed by trusted third parties and controlled by the entity (person, organisation, or asset owner).

• OS Orchestration Engine:

  APIs that enable entities to share credentials securely and selectively. For example, an individual can prove their workplace credentials without exposing their personal information.

• OS Event Chain:

  An encrypted, tamper-evident record of all credential-based interactions, providing a verifiable audit trail without compromising privacy.

• OS Threshold Encryption:

  Access to credentials on a Digital Licence or Event Chain requires multiple keys to be presented together, significantly strengthening data security.

Together, these components create a seamless framework for real-time credential verification and secure information exchange across workforces, suppliers, and assets.

A Unified Digital Presence transforms cybersecurity from a defensive posture into an operational advantage:

• Reduces insider and credential-based risk by eliminating static credential stores.

• Delivers full auditability of every action without exposing sensitive data.

• Increases operational visibility across teams, partners, and systems.

• Builds customer and stakeholder confidence by proving, not assuming, trust.

• Enables smarter investment by aligning cybersecurity with business performance and resilience.

The EY research should serve as a wake-up call. Organisations cannot afford to treat cybersecurity as an isolated IT function. The threats are evolving faster than static systems can adapt, and the answer isn’t more complexity, it’s clarity.

By unifying identity, credentials, and security into a single, living digital presence, companies can move beyond reactive defence and build ecosystems in which trust is dynamic, decentralised, and verifiable.

At Origin Secured, that’s exactly what we’re delivering.

Don’t assume trust. Demand an Origin.

The EY research should serve as a wake-up call. Organisations cannot afford to treat cybersecurity as an isolated IT function. The threats are evolving faster than static systems can adapt, and the answer isn’t more complexity, it’s clarity.

By unifying identity, credentials, and security into a single, living digital presence, companies can move beyond reactive defence and build ecosystems in which trust is dynamic, decentralised, and verifiable.

At Origin Secured, that’s exactly what we’re delivering.