25% of laptops and desktops are refurbished without certified erasure.

75% of organisations are planning to spend more on cloud compliance-related measures in 2025 than in 2024.

Organisations are averaging a 27% increase in planned cloud compliance spending for 2025 compared to 2024.

Cloud Cost Optimisation Steps (taken by 86% of organisations), Automating security processes (60%), Consolidating security tools and platforms (51%), Scaling security measures based on risk assessments (43%).

44% of organisations say their process for monitoring and managing cloud security is highly automated.

90% of enterprises said that sustainability has at least a moderate impact on data disposal.

83% of enterprises have deployed some form of AI.

Organizations experience only 7 true cloud security events per year.

A striking 38% of SecOps professionals identify the Cloud Security team as their most difficult collaboration partner during incidents.

The Platform team is identified as the most difficult collaboration partner by 31% of SecOps professionals.

Future Cloud Resource Gaps (anticipated in the next 12 months): Limited budgets (45%), Talent shortages (42%), and Insufficient automation (34%).

19% of healthcare leaders say a cyberattack has already disrupted patient care.

19% of data center assets are refurbished without certified erasure.

89% of respondents report that their current processes fail to detect active cloud threats.

Technologies anticipated to have the greatest impact on cloud security in the next three years: AI and ML-driven security analytics (27%), Open source cloud security tools and technologies (17%), Automated threat intelligence and response (16%).

64% of organisations operate in hybrid-cloud environments.

77% of enterprises agree that IT and sustainability teams are working closely on data management and data erasure tools to meet sustainability goals.

Major network outages are often driven by congestion, cyberattacks, and misconfigurations.

98% say secure networking is important to their operations and growth.

46% of enterprises said improper network configuration was one of the most common ways to lose data.