B
Evidence Grade B
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35%
35% -- share of it leaders required to process data in same country for IT leaders (2026)
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Value
35%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
3,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Withsecure
Primary
Tier B
https://datarecovee.com/microsoft-365-enterprise-buying-guide/ ↗
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Withsecure
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Methodology
Survey of over 3,000 IT leaders across multiple countries (Withsecure)
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IT leaders: 35% share of it leaders required to process data in same country. Source: Withsecure (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/it-leaders-data-residency-country-requirement
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/it-leaders-data-residency-country-requirement" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>35%</strong> -- share of it leaders required to process data in same country for IT leaders<br><small>Source: Withsecure (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/it-leaders-data-residency-country-requirement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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