Fortinet-Cloud-Security-Report-2026.md

The 2026 Cloud Security Report (survey of 1,163 security leaders) finds that multi-cloud complexity, fragmented tooling, and a persistent cybersecurity talent shortage are widening a "cloud complexity gap" that undermines real-time visibility, detection, and response; the report highlights identity and configuration risks, an automation gap (few organizations have autonomous remediation), accelerating AI-driven attacker capabilities, and a strong buyer preference for consolidated, integrated security platforms and automation to reduce operational friction and improve outcomes.