Mitch Ryan, Senior Solutions Engineer at Wiz, highlights the growing challenge of managing multi-cloud environments, noting that over 80% of organisations report limited or no unification across their cloud platforms. This fragmentation, he explains, increases complexity and weakens security as nearly all enterprises now operate across multiple providers. This aligns with ADAPT data where most organisations rate themselves below 5/10 in using or defending against AI-driven attacks, showing a maturity gap despite long-term exposure to AI in cyber security tools. Wiz, founded just five years ago, partners with some of the world’s largest companies — including banks and insurers — to simplify security management in these hybrid environments.

Mitch shares two key statistics: more than 50% of customers join the “Zero Critical Club” within their first year, achieving measurable reductions in serious security risks, and 55% of Wiz users are not from security teams, a figure even higher in Asia-Pacific. He calls this a point of pride, reflecting Wiz’s philosophy of “democratising” security by empowering developers and operations teams to detect and remediate issues quickly, rather than overloading security teams.

James Ng, Chief Information Security Officer at Insignia Financial, explains that the company manages around $320 billion in assets and treats security as a business-critical function. After joining two years ago, James expanded the security team from six to over 40 specialists, signalling a strong organisational commitment. Insignia operates across AWS, Google Cloud, and on-prem environments, creating visibility challenges that align with its partnership with Wiz. James stresses the importance of context-driven risk management and democratising security across the business, with non-security teams actively using Wiz to remediate risks. Features like gamification and trend tracking help embed security as a collaborative, proactive effort.

Key takeaways:

• Multi-cloud complexity is a major security challenge: Over 80% of organisations lack unified cloud management, creating fragmentation that increases risk. Wiz addresses this by providing a “code-to-cloud” model that links every layer, improving visibility and response.
• Security is becoming a shared responsibility: At Wiz, 55% of users are non-security professionals, and more than 50% of customers join the “Zero Critical Club” within a year, showing the impact of democratising security across development and operations teams.
• Insignia Financial prioritises security as a business-critical function: Managing $320 billion in assets, the company has grown its security team from 6 to 40 specialists, adopted multi-cloud strategies, and focuses on context-driven risk management and continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) to simplify governance and improve resilience.