2023 THALES
DATA THREAT REPORT

Perspectives and Pathways to
Sovereignty and Transformation

Despite the economic and geopolitical tensions that arose in 2022, enterprises continued to invest in their operations and their digital transformation. Organizations balanced security and privacy risks with opportunities opened by new technologies and business models. The 2023 Thales Global Data Threat Report, conducted with nearly 3,000 respondents across 18 countries, in roles ranging from senior executive leaders to individual practitioners, illustrates how influencers and decision-makers manage this balance; considers their attitudes, perceptions, realities and expectations for the years ahead; looks at the influencers and decision-makers driving enterprise security policies and practices; and highlights changes over time.

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Key Findings
 

We’re only human

The #1 root cause of cloud data breach is human error.
 

Identity, and access management (IAM) has been identified as a top mitigating control for data breaches - 28% of respondents identified IAM as the top security technology most effective in protecting sensitive data from cyberattacks.
65%While Strong MFA adoption increased to

 

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Post quantum cryptography moves further from the academic to the real world

Enterprises should begin today to inventory and simplify their encryption deployments.

62%of respondents said network decryption was the security threat of greatest concern.

 

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Digital Sovereignty is an emerging strategic initiative

96%of respondents consider designating or changing the location and jurisdiction or full data encryption are acceptable measures to achieve various levels of digital sovereignty.

62%of enterprises have at least 5 enterprise key management systems adding to the complexity.

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ONLY 49% of organizations have a formal RANSOMWARE response plan, compared to 48% in 2022 when we first asked.

 

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