2023 Thales Data Threat Report

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.

Digital transformation continues to accelerate

Digital transformation continues to accelerate in enterprises despite inflation, market volatility and geopolitical instability. Many private enterprises continue to thrive, with the S&P 500 still recording historically high levels of profitability in 2022. This profitability drives enterprises to invest in further automating and transforming their operations with new technologies and greater cloud adoption. One of the first observations is the greater diversity of cloud services, technology and personnel. Even organizations that employ more conservative cloud deployment strategies such as “lift and shift” report strong multicloud adoption. Respondents representing companies with lift-and-shift strategies report using at least two cloud providers for production workloads across AWS, Google, Azure, Alibaba, Oracle and IBM.