Key Findings
Enterprises now use an average of 85 SaaS applications, contributing to security tool sprawl.
Over half of cloud data is now classified as sensitive.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of respondents ranked cloud security among their top five security priorities.
17% of respondents identified cloud security as their number one priority.
55% of respondents report cloud environments are more complex to secure than on-premises infrastructure. This represents a 4-percentage-point increase from last year.
The average number of public cloud providers per organisation has risen to 2.1.
57% of organisations use five or more encryption key managers.
Four of the top five most targeted assets in reported attacks are cloud-based.
Over half (52%) of respondents are prioritising AI security investments over other security needs.
68% of respondents reported a rise in access-based attacks.
61% of organisations use five or more tools for data discovery, monitoring, or classification.
85% of organisations say at least 40% of their cloud data is sensitive.
Only 66% of organisations have implemented multifactor authentication (MFA)