In a nutshell: 46 percent of German companies have critical dependencies on cloud infrastructure with insufficient disaster recovery safeguards.
A Bitkom study documents the dependence of German companies on cloud infrastructure and its resilience. Nearly half of the surveyed companies exhibit critical dependence on cloud services without establishing adequate protective measures.
The Bitkom study identifies a significant risk in the German business landscape: 46 percent of companies depend on cloud solutions for critical operational functions. The focus lies on outage scenarios – how long business operations actually continue or come to a halt when clouds fail.
For CTOs and Chief Security Officers, this dependence is the starting point for risk assessment: every cloud outage can result in immediate production failures, data loss, or compliance violations. The study shows that German companies sometimes underestimate these risks, which underscores the necessity of disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
Concrete protective measures against cloud outages – multi-cloud strategies, redundant systems, local fallback infrastructure, or high-availability configurations – are not yet widely implemented across many organizations. The study thus provides a foundation for strategic investments in disaster recovery and cloud-independent business continuity.
Source: www.security-insider.de · Published 22 July 2026
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