The State of the Cloud 2023

This report analyzes the current state of cloud security based on scans of 200,000+ cloud accounts (including 30% of Fortune 100), highlighting growth in cloud APIs (15% AWS, 20% Azure, 45% GCP), widespread multi-cloud adoption (57%), and persistent misconfigurations (47% with at least one publicly exposed database or storage bucket). It underscores the expanded attack surface and notes that exposed assets with guessable names can be discovered in under 13 hours, offering data-driven insights to help organizations improve visibility and defense across complex cloud environments.