THE STATE OF CLOUD NATIVESECURITY REPORT 2022Find Your Path to Successful Cloud Expansion

In these yearly State of Cloud Native Security Reports, more than 3,000 respondents aroundthe world are surveyed about their cloud adoption strategies, budgets, experiences, and plans.Their responses shed light on the practices, tools, and technologies used to implement cloudworkloads and manage security for cloud native architectures. As in the 2020 report, we aim tohighlight the behaviors and correlated outcomes of organizations who succeeded in their cloudinitiatives, as well as those who fell short. A clear differentiator appeared in how organizationsaddressed cloud security. This includes differences in how they implemented technologies andprocesses to support both high security posture, defined as the effectiveness of their cloudsecurity efforts, and low security friction, defined as the degree to which cloud security islimiting their operations.Perhaps unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced both cloud expansion and results(see “The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19”). While organizations moved quickly during thepandemic to respond to increased cloud demands, many still struggled to automate cloudsecurity and mitigate cloud risks. Yet, the move to the cloud continues for companies at allstages, from those newly taking advantage of cloud capabilities to the well-established, bornin-the-cloud organizations.The report identified patterns in approaches and outcomes that led to three representativegroups known as Moderate Adopters, Rapid Expanders, and Established Users. These groupsemerged based on traits such as cloud footprint, transformation goals, and operationalstrategies. We present these groups along with rigorous data and analysis of their behaviors tohelp readers find their organization’s peer group and identify common challenges and strategiesthat impact outcomes. Regardless of your organization’s cloud maturity level, industry, region,or cloud-migration goals, the research outlined in this report provides the essential insights youneed to plan your cloud adoption path.