TRUST AND SECURITY IN THE CLOUD

A lack of knowledge and worries about cloud security are among the chief barriers to cloud adoption and management buy-in, but while trepidation
remains trust is slowly improving. Here we take a look at the top cloud concerns of IT departments worldwide

PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN THE CLOUD SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT BIGGEST CLOUD SECURITY CONCERNS

DATA LOSS/LEAKAGE 49%

LEVEL OF SECURITY CONCERN RELATED TO ADOPTING PUBLIC

CLOUD SERVICES DATA PRIVACY 46%

44% 4%
Very concerned Not sure
CONFIDENTIALITY 42%
91%
of organisations
have security
concerns
LEGAL AND REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE 39%
47% 5% DID YOUR ORGANISATION
Moderately Not at all EXPERIENCE A CLOUD-RELATED
concerned concerned SECURITY INCIDENT IN THE LAST
12 MONTHS?
DATA SOVEREIGNTY/
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CONTROL 34%
9%
HOW TRUST IN THE CLOUD HAS PERCENTAGE OF ENTERPRISE IT Yes
CHANGED AMONG EXECUTIVES IN LEADERS RATING CLOUD SECURITY
THE LAST THREE YEARS AS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE
15% ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE
Increased greatly 41%
Cant OF CREDENTIALS 26%
15% disclose

Increased somewhat
37%
37% 21%
Not sure
No change 35% LACK OF FORENSIC DATA 26%
33%
Decreased 55%
13% No
2015 2016 2017
INCIDENT AND PROBLEM
Economist Intelligence Unit 2016 RightScale 2017 CloudPassage/LinkedIn 2016 MANAGEMENT 25%

VISIBILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY 19%

AVAILABILITY OF
SERVICES, SYSTEMS 17%
AND DATA

BIGGEST SECURITY THREATS IN PUBLIC CLOUDS

LIABILITY 17%
3 3%

3 3%

13%
%

DISASTER RECOVERY
39
%

5 3% 44
UNAUTHORISED HIJACKING OF INSECURE EXTERNAL SHARING POSTING OF CONFIDENTIAL
ACCESS ACCOUNTS INTERFACES/APIs OF DATA PROPRIETARY DATA BY
EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE 13%
24
25%

13%
3 0%

BUSINESS CONTINUITY
%
3 1%
3 2%

FRAUD SUCH AS
ACCOUNT HIJACKING 12%
MALICIOUS DENIAL-OF-SERVICE FOREIGN MALWARE ABUSE OF CLOUD
INSIDERS ATTACKS STATE-SPONSORED INJECTION SERVICES
CYBER ATTACKS

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TYPES OF CORPORATE INFORMATION STORED IN THE CLOUD

44%

32% 31% 30%

26%
19% 18% 16%
12%

SALES AND CONTRACTS, INVOICES FINANCIAL INTELLECTUAL DevOps/ HEALTH

E-MAIL CUSTOMER DATA EMPLOYEE DATA
MARKETING DATA AND ORDERS CORPORATE DATA PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT DATA INFORMATION

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