50% of firms in the financial services industry are still operating on outdated or on-premise infrastructure, which fails to meet modern transparency and documentation requirements.

36% of U.S. financial services executives reported lacking sufficient internal expertise to meet regulatory mandates.

53% of CFOs in the financial services sector ranked evolving regulations as a top concern, compared to 38% of CIOs, highlighting a disconnect between financial and technical teams.

51% of firms identified data discovery as a top priority for improving audit readiness and control visibility.

42% of U.S. financial services executives identified staying current with evolving regulations as their top compliance challenge.

45% of firms in the financial services sector prioritize automated evidence collection and document management for enhancing audit readiness and control visibility.

64% of financial services organizations cite compliance requirements as important security drivers.

61% of healthcare organizations cite compliance requirements as important security drivers.

91% of organizations say their cloud infrastructure provides the flexibility to adapt to new regulations.

Meeting regulatory requirements is cited as a key challenge to using AI by 30% of nonprofit funders.

51% said the public cloud was best positioned to meet regulations vs 41% that responded on-premises.

81% agree that their primary cloud provider’s native security and compliance capabilities exceed what their team could deliver independently.

12 working weeks per year are spent on compliance-related tasks, compared to 11 weeks the previous year.

76% of security and compliance leaders reported that AI and automation tools are reducing burnout and improving day-to-day productivity in 2025.

Auditing and reporting for compliance and regulatory requirements consumes 28.5% of Managed Service Provider (MSP) technician time.

20.4% of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) identified handling compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g., policy drift) as a top pain point when managing Microsoft 365.

20.39% of IT decision-makers at financial services firms reported that regulatory compliance support is currently fully or partially managed by an MSP or MSSP.

75% of healthcare organizations say AI has added confusion, not clarity, to email compliance.

69% of healthcare IT leaders feel pressured to adopt AI faster than they can secure it.

38% of large companies (500-9999 employees) are concerned with compliance with regulations.