Where Cloud Security Stands Today And Where AI Breaks It
Palo Alto Networks, Monday, December 29th, 2025
Every year, the cloud is becoming more distributed, automated and tightly wired into the business. Every day, adversaries compress the timeline between compromise and data exfiltration. What once took them 44 days now takes minutes.
For the fifth year in a row, Palo Alto Networks State of Cloud Security Report 2025 captures the changes both big and small that security leaders are navigating in the market today. Our report reveals that the rapid adoption of enterprise AI is fueling an unprecedented surge in cloud security risks, driving a massive expansion of the attack surface.
We found that 99% of organizations experienced at least one attack on their AI systems within the past year, and the acceleration of GenAI-assisted coding is outstripping security teams' capacity to keep pace. What's missing isn't just visibility, it's alignment.