56% said the public cloud was best positioned to deliver security as opposed to 37% that chose on-premises and 7% that responded neither model.

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

For public cloud deployments, the highest ranking challenges (at 43%) are migration of apps and data, and technical skills or feasibility.

70% of Security and IT leaders report their organization is actively considering repatriating data from public to private cloud due to security concerns.

54% of Security and IT leaders are reluctant to use AI in public cloud environments, citing fears around intellectual property protection.

70% of Security and IT leaders now view the public cloud as a greater risk than any other environment.

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

66% of organisations in Japan say they recover data from public cloud for backup and recovery purposes, at least monthly. This is lower than the APAC average of 80%

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%.

68% of ANZ organisations recover data from public cloud storage at least weekly for backup purposes.

Pricing remains the top driver of dissatisfaction among ANZ public cloud storage users.