Report by Palo Alto Networks
The State of Cloud Security Report 2025
7 FINDINGSPublished Dec 16, 2025
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53% of organizations identified lenient identity and access management practices as a top challenge.
Identity and Access ManagementIAMAccess ControlsCybersecurity Challenges
97% of organizations prioritize consolidating their cloud security footprint due to tool sprawl.
Cloud SecurityTool Sprawl
30% of teams take more than a full day to resolve an incident due to disjointed workflows between cloud and SOC teams.
Incident ResponseCloudSOC Team
89% of organizations believe that cloud and application security must be fully integrated with the SOC.
Cloud SecurityApplication SecuritySOC Integration
API attacks increased by 41% due to the rise of agentic AI relying heavily on APIs.
API SecurityAPI AttacksAgentic AI
28% of organizations reported unrestricted network access between cloud workloads as a growing threat.
Cloud SecurityNetwork SecurityCloud WorkloadsUnrestricted Network Access
99% of organizations experienced at least one attack on their AI systems in the past year.
AI systemsCyber attack