2024 Thales Data Threat Report
Navigating New Threats and Overcoming Old Challenges
Insights into new technologies, their security implications and the organizational changes for success ahead
As economic uncertainty continues and the threat landscape grows more complex, enterprises are working to address increasing regulatory mandates while improving their security posture. The 2024 Thales Data Threat Report offers insights into new technologies, their security implications and the organizational changes for success ahead. The report analyzes global trends in threats to data and the underlying controls, regulations, risks and emerging technologies that need to be addressed. The report reflects insights from nearly 3,000 respondents at the individual contributor, managerial and executive levels from 18 countries across 37 industries and explores their data security experiences, challenges, strategies and outcomes.
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Companies that had a good handle on their compliance processes and passed all of their audits were less likely to suffer from a breach. We’ll start to see more compliance and security functions coming together. This would be a huge positive step to strengthen cyber defenses and build protection around the data itself.
Key Findings
Data Breach Trends and Threats
Ransomware attacks are more common,
with 28% experiencing an attack (up from 22% last year), but planning in the event of an attack is still poor.
Risks to Emerging Technologies
The generative AI boom is underway:
22% plan to integrate GenAI into products/services in the next 12 months.
Compliance and Sovereignty Concerns
Mandatory external key management
is the leading way to achieve sovereignty at
28%
Increasing DevOps Challenges
Over half (53%) have implemented a formal security champions program
as part of a DevSecOps program.
Identity Complexities and Compromise
Achieving security consistency within CIAM
initiatives was the number one cited challenge at
62%
Risks to Emerging Technologies
Prototyping post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
is the primary approach to address the future compromise of classical encryption techniques. “Harvest now, decrypt later” attacks (68%) are the leading interest.
Regional Research
2024 Thales Data Threat Report
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