Companies should perform a thorough review of business practices and how they could give rise to intellectual property exposure, and also consult with their insurance broker on how to insure against risks.
The Marsh 2022 "Political Risk Report" indicates areas—both geographical and by economic or political risk factor—in which companies need to be paying more attention to their potential exposures.
Although it appears relatively seamless (and perhaps beneficial) to the end user, the shift to the cloud brings a seismic change in terms of ownership of the technology components and ultimate control of the data.