--- title: "Making Sense of Data Complexity: Key Insights from the 2025 State of Data Readiness in Asia Report | Blog | Commvault" type: "BlogPosting" language: "en-US" url: "https://www.commvault.com/blogs/making-sense-of-data-complexity" date: "2025-10-20T22:00:43-04:00" modified: "2025-10-16T06:07:14-04:00" description: "Here are some of the key highlights from The State of Data Readiness in Asia 2025 that demand the attention of business and IT leaders." image: "https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thumbnail_Blog-State-of-Data-Readiness-Asia-2025.png" authors: - name: "Daniel Tan" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Blogs" url: "https://www.commvault.com/blogs" - name: "Making sense of data complexity" --- # Making Sense of Data Complexity: Key Insights from the 2025 State of Data Readiness in Asia Report The second edition of [The State of Data Readiness in Asia](https://www.commvault.com/gc/the-state-of-data-readiness-and-cyber-resiliency-in-asean) report, a comprehensive report from Tech Research Asia commissioned by Commvault, offers a stark look into the challenges and realities faced by organisations across the continent. --- Based on a survey of 1,218 companies across Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the report uncovers critical trends in data growth, regulatory pressures, AI adoption, and cyber resilience. --- Here are some of the key highlights that demand the attention of business and IT leaders: --- ## **Unprecedented Data Growth and Infrastructure Complexity** --- Data estates are expanding at an accelerated rate. --- - [The average organisation](https://www.commvault.com/resources/infographic/asean-state-of-data-readiness) in Asia saw its data grow by 40% in the last 12 months, a significant jump from the 31% reported the previous year. - This explosion of data, 66% of which is unstructured, resides in increasingly complex environments. - A majority of companies (63%) now operate in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments, creating a sprawling and interdependent ecosystem that is difficult to manage and secure. - This complexity is taking a toll, with 38% of organisations admitting they lack confidence in their ability to restore business oeprations after a breach. --- --- ## **The AI Paradox: High Adoption Despite High Risk** --- AI is being enthusiastically adopted, with 74% of Asian organizations currently using business-focused AI solutions. However, [there is a clear-eyed view of the risks involved](https://www.commvault.com/use-cases/protecting-ai-data-pipelines). --- - This complexity is taking a toll, with 38% of organisations admitting they lack confidence in their ability to restore business oeprations after a breach. - A staggering 73% of these organisations believe that deploying AI increases the likelihood of a cybersecurity breach. - Despite this awareness, due diligence is lagging. A concerning 58% of organisations have not performed thorough security audits on their AI tools before deployment, and less than half (46%) have comprehensive policies to protect AI-generated data. --- **The Tangled Web of Regulations** --- The regulatory landscape across Asia is becoming increasingly intricate and, at times, contradictory. --- - **Conflicting demands:** Fifty-three percent of organisations report facing conflicting regulatory requirements for their data across different geographies. - **Regulatory burden:** Fifty-two percent of companies must comply with at least four major regulatory acts. - **AI compliance:** The challenge is compounded by AI-specific regulations, with almost 60% of companies now subject to them and another 27% expecting to be within the next year. --- ## **The Sobering Reality of Cyberattacks and Recovery** --- There remains a significant disconnect between the expectations of business leaders and the reality of IT recovery after a cyber incident. While 72% of business leaders expect to be back in business within five days of an incident, the reality is that 70% of businesses take more than a week to recover. --- The report also sheds light on the direct impacts of attacks: --- - Of the companies that were breached, 83% experienced data exfiltration. - Less than half (41%) managed to recover 100% of their data. - While 57% of companies have a policy against paying ransoms, 34% of those with such a policy paid the ransom when attacked. --- ## **Learning the Hard Way** --- Interestingly, organisations that have experienced a breach demonstrate a more mature and realistic understanding of their capabilities. They are more likely to have comprehensive incident response plans and a clearer grasp of the complexities involved in recovery. For instance, breached companies are almost twice as likely to view their internal AI tools as a high cybersecurity risk compared to those that have not been breached. --- To gain a deeper understanding of these findings and benchmark your organisation against your peers, download the full [State of Data Readiness in Asia](https://www.commvault.com/gc/the-state-of-data-readiness-and-cyber-resiliency-in-asean) report**.** The complete report provides detailed analysis, country-specific data, and actionable insights to help you enhance your data management, recovery, and cyber resilience strategies for continuous business operations.