Cloud security in 2025 is defined by contradiction: persistent threats and low confidence on one side, maturing strategies and accelerating automation on the other. While the fundamentals of cloud risk remain stubbornly familiar—unauthorized access, data leakage, and phishing—security teams today are grappling with a deeper, more structural challenge: how to defend sprawling, fast-moving, multi-cloud environments with tools and processes built for a different era.

To better understand how security leaders are responding, we conducted our annual cloud security survey, gathering insights from over 500 cybersecurity professionals across Europe. We asked where their strategies are evolving, where confidence is breaking down, and which technologies—including automation and AI—they see as essential for navigating the complexity of modern cloud environments. This 2025 Cloud Security Report is the result of that effort.