2024 Cloud Security Study
Boom Times for the Cloud:
Is Security Ready?
Explore the 2024 Cloud Security Study with new insights on the latest cloud security trends and challenges
This report shares findings and insights from the 2024 Thales Cloud Security Study and focuses on results specific to the EME (Europe, Middle East) region. Responses from 1,212 security and IT management practitioners and leaders from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom are compared to those of their global counterparts. While rapid cloud advances are driving opportunities for innovation, complexity-related risks and threats to data resilience are also growing. With these parallel advances in innovation and risk, opportunity and potential for harm, cloud security is cited as a top security concern in the EME market.
This report looks at the responses from regional EME enterprises regarding the factors driving these opportunities and concerns. While EME respondents show similarities to the global survey population, this report notes differences where applicable.
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Key Findings
Cloud-based resources are top attack targets
32% rank cloud-delivered SaaS applications and cloud storage as top targets for cyberattacks,
followed by cloud management infrastructure (28%) and cloud-hosted IaaS and PaaS apps (24%), in line with global responses.
Cloud security is a top concern
Cloud security is the 2nd-most-pressing security discipline (65%) and top emerging security concern (72%).
It is also the top security spending category in both EME (33%) and globally (33%).
Cloud data breaches remain high for EME
About one in seven EME respondents (15%) experienced a cloud data breach in the last 12 months.
Cloud complexity is a significant challenge to compliance and privacy
Over half (55%) of EME respondents say that securing the cloud is more complex than on-premises environments.
Concentration of sensitive data in the cloud is increasing
Nearly two-thirds (61%) of EME organizations say that at least 40% of their cloud data is sensitive,
compared to 50% in 2021.
