Organizations allocate an average of 19% of their 2026 security budgets to AI compliance.

41% of global organizations rank cost as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

Joint accountability drives the most value for security budget and funding (55%).

78% of enterprises fund AI security through existing security budgets.

40% of organizations are increasing their overall identity and security budgets to accommodate AI agents, with 34% adding a dedicated budget line and 22% reallocating funds from other security areas.

63% of APAC organisations exceeded their cloud storage budget in 2024. This is slightly worse than the global average of 62%.

49% of end-user cloud storage spending in APAC goes to fees for storage and networking, rather than actual storage used.

63% of businesses in Japan exceeding their cloud storage budget.

Fees eat up nearly half (49%) of total public cloud storage bills for Japan enterprises.