Cloud Resources have Become Biggest Targets for Cyberattacks, finds Thales
- Cloud Security spending now tops all other security spending categories
- Nearly half (47%) of all corporate data stored in the cloud is sensitive
- 44% of organizations have experienced a cloud data breach with 14% having had one in past year
- Nearly half of organizations cite it is more difficult to manage compliance and privacy in the cloud vs. on-premises
- Nearly a third (31%) of organizations recognise the importance of digital sovereignty initiatives as a means of future-proofing their cloud environments
- Thales today announced the release of the 2024 Thales Cloud Security Study, its annual assessment on the latest cloud security threats, trends and emerging risks based on a survey of nearly 3000 IT and security professionals across 18 countries in 37 industries.
As the use of the cloud continues to be strategically vital to many organizations, cloud resources have become the biggest targets for cyber-attacks, with SaaS applications (31%), Cloud Storage (30%) and Cloud Management Infrastructure (26%) cited as the leading categories of attack. As a result, protecting cloud environments has risen as the top security priority ahead of all other security disciplines.
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