The newly released 2026 Data Threat Report from Thales shows that cloud environments now sit squarely in attackers’ sights.

The report reframes the landscape clearly. As the cloud has become the backbone of modern business, it has also become one of the most attractive targets for attackers.

Here’s what organizations are seeing:

• Cloud assets dominate the attack surface, with top targets including (35%) cloud storage, (34%) cloud applications, and (32%) cloud management infrastructure
• Credential theft is the leading attack technique against cloud environments
• 67% report increases in stolen credentials and misappropriated secrets

As cloud adoption accelerates, identity, access, and secrets have become a fast path to risk. See how attackers are exploiting cloud environments and the tactics security leaders can use to reduce risk.