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Cloud security posture management, misconfigurations, and multi-cloud protection statistics from leading providers.

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44% of true-positive security alerts from cloud security tools in Q3 2025 were driven by identity-related weaknesses.

52% of all confirmed identity-based alerts were due to identity-related privilege escalation.

99% of cloud identities were found to be over-privileged, creating significant security risks.

33% of raw CSPM alerts were identity-related, contributing to the operational burden on security teams.

As of October 2025, there are over 14,700 Jenkins servers exposed to the internet that remain vulnerable to CVE-2024-23897.

71% of critical vulnerability alerts in Q3 2025 originated from just four legacy CVEs.

6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Cloud security.

Optimizing cloud security is a top security convergence goal for 43% of organizations in France.

32% of respondents in Spain identify optimizing cloud security as a top security convergence goal.

Optimizing cloud security is a top security convergence goal for 36% of US organizations.

Optimizing cloud security is a top security convergence goal for 39% of German organizations.

36% of respondents in Italy identify optimizing cloud security as a top security convergence goal.

45% of respondents in Japan identify optimizing cloud security as a top security convergence goal.

The top three investment priorities when allocating cyber budgets are: Artificial intelligence (AI) (36%), Cloud security (34%), and Network security and zero trust (28%).

AI (38%) and Cloud security (32%) are the top two areas where organisations are prioritising the use of managed services

The top three priority areas for deploying agentic AI solutions are cloud security (39%), data protection (39%), and cyber defence and operations (38%).

41% of C-level executives cite adopting AI tools as their top focus, while 35% of mid-level managers prioritize strengthening cloud security and identity management.

Of security teams who are not fully confident in their cloud security, 71% do not believe their current tools can cover all aspects of their cloud environment.

Of security teams who are not fully confident in their cloud security, 68% cite the cost of operationalising cloud security tools as too high.

9 in 10 users (90%) agree open cloud security tools are a primary driver of innovation in their security programmes.