Over 120 A/NZ IT leaders shared their insight into the Cloud for the study, titled SafeNet Cloud Security Survey, which found that 62 per cent were aware of and understood the hybrid Cloud.

When SafeNet chief technology officer, Russ Dietz, asked this question three or four years ago in North America, the result was somewhat different.

"It was more about people saying that they were not going to dabble with the Cloud and just keep their regular IT equipment," he said.

"This result shows that people understand from a strategic standpoint that they are going to live in a very mixed world and probably for some time."

For Dietz, the result was along the lines of what he was expecting and indicates that the market in A/NZ is quite mature.