SANS: Cloud Security Maturity Lags Behind Widespread Cloud Adoption

According to the 2026 SANS Cloud Security Survey, 93% of organizations run production workloads in the cloud, but only 40% rate their cloud security strategy as advanced or optimized. Misconfiguration causes 45% of critical cloud incidents, and 49% of organizations take more than 24 hours to close a known critical gap.

• 93% of organizations run production workloads in the cloud; 65% use more than one provider
• Only 40% rate their cloud security strategy as advanced or optimized
• Misconfiguration drives 45% of critical cloud incidents; credential theft accounts for 22%
• 49% of organizations need more than 24 hours to close a known critical gap