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State of Cloud Detection and Response Survey

June 2026
Research parameters
Topic:
Cybersecurity
Countries:
US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia & New Zealand, Singapore
No. of interviews:
1,000
Methodology:
Quantitative
Respondent profile:
IT security decision makers

Brief

Cloud environments have become business critical, but many organisations still lack the visibility needed to detect and respond to threats effectively. CrowdStrike wanted to understand where those gaps existed, and use real-world insight to highlight the risks facing security leaders while demonstrating what good cloud detection and response looks like.

Solution

We surveyed 1,000 IT security decision-makers responsible for cloud security, exploring the realities of protecting increasingly complex cloud environments, from detection blind spots and operational challenges to the growing influence of AI.

We helped CrowdStrike distil the findings into a clear story about the state of cloud detection and response, identifying the insights that would drive discussion across the security community.

Outcome

The insights formed the basis of CrowdStrike’s State of Cloud Detection & Response Survey Report, providing the business with a timely perspective on one of cybersecurity’s fastest-evolving challenges.

The research fuelled a wider thought leadership campaign, giving CrowdStrike original evidence to support conversations with customers, prospects and the wider market around the future of cloud security.

Read the report here.

Key findings

73%
of security IT decision makers say their organisation cannot consistently detect cloud intrusions
91%
admit that they are unable to contain cloud intrusions in real time
94%
of organisations report that they have experienced cloud intrusions that resulted in data exposure or exfiltration
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