65% of leaders have modified their strategies in response to new data sovereignty regulations.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

38% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with compliance with regulations.

31% of small companies (<100 employees) are concerned with compliance with regulations.

35% of medium companies (100-499 employees) are concerned with compliance with regulations.

35% of respondents from the Netherlands said government regulation of AI is incredibly important.

74% of Indonesians said government regulation of AI is incredibly important (the highest rate).

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of respondents globally reported feeling that government regulation of AI to protect their identity data online is important.

In Sweden, only 31% of respondents said government regulation is incredibly important (the lowest rate).

69% of security professionals think current laws are still not strict enough.

37% of security professionals fear AI-related regulations are a financial penalty waiting to happen.

Only one-fifth of OEMs are implementing a compliance plan for the EU Cyber Resilience Act. This is also stated as nearly one-fifth of respondents who admit they have no compliance plan regarding cybersecurity regulations.

More than half of OEMs claim to comply or plan to comply with cybersecurity regulations.