44% of threat detections originate from the cloud.

61% of security leaders agree their organization lacks the ability to identify and remediate exposures in their cloud environment.

61% do not have identity security controls in place to secure cloud infrastructure and workloads.

29% of respondents cite a lack of visibility and control over cloud-based data as their top challenge.

36% of sensitive files in the cloud are classified as high risk.

92% of organizations use between two and five cloud and SaaS platforms.

The most common attack vectors cited were: Data breaches (30%), Malware on devices (29%), Cloud or SaaS breaches (28%), Phishing (28%), and Insider threats (28%).

90% of IT and security leaders report managing hybrid cloud environments.

Half of IT leaders say the majority of their workloads are now cloud-based.

103 of 9,078 analyzed Android apps were found to use unprotected or misconfigured cloud storage. 4 of these Android apps were in the top 1000 of the PlayStore popularity list.

35% of financial organisations view cloud security as a high challenge.

61% of Canadian organisations report that their public cloud environments have been the most impacted by cyberattacks.

Organisations without plans to implement a hybrid cloud model are more likely (51%) to have data security and privacy concerns

Adopting a hybrid cloud storage model is identified as a strong risk mitigation strategy for security.

79% of manufacturers agree that cloud solutions offer clear benefits around decision-making, remote monitoring, and supply chain coordination.

AWS and CloudFlare accounted for nearly 50% of all instances of abused cloud hosting instances in 2024.

Cloud-native and identity-enabled techniques surged in the Red Canary's 2025 Threat Detection Report, with Cloud Accounts, Email Forwarding Rule, and Email Hiding Rules ranking among the top five.

47% of organisations in Japan are using a mix of traditional on-premises and cloud storage.

A staggering 65% of Japan organisations say egress or other data access fees associated with moving their data out of public cloud have delayed IT or business initiatives. This is much higher than the APAC average of 50%.

63% of APAC organisations exceeded their cloud storage budget in 2024. This is slightly worse than the global average of 62%.