One Third Experience More Breaches in Public Cloud Than With On-Premises Apps; 90 Percent Still Express Concern About Public Cloud Security
CAMPBELL, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 12, 2015) - Bitglass, the Total Data Protection Company, today released its Cloud Security Spotlight Report. The report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 IT and IT security practitioners, found that overall, one third of respondents have experienced more security breaches with the public cloud than with on-premises applications. Misuse of employee credentials and improper access controls top the list of concerns about public cloud security. Overall, 90 percent of respondents still express concern over public cloud security.
Despite significant investments in security by SaaS providers, 36 percent of respondents believe that even major cloud applications such as Salesforce and Office 365 are less secure than on-premises applications, inhibiting many enterprises from more widespread adoption of cloud computing. Despite this fact, 38 percent of enterprises store intellectual property and 31 percent store customer data in the cloud.
"The report confirms that the cloud is increasingly part of enterprises' IT plans, with some 72 percent of organizations saying they are either planning to implement or are actively implementing cloud environments," said Nat Kausik, Bitglass CEO. "At the same time, organizations are concluding that SaaS applications are less secure, slowing widespread adoption of these technologies."
Key Findings of the Bitglass Cloud Security Spotlight Report Include the Following:
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About Bitglass:
Bitglass (bitglass.com) delivers innovative technologies that transcend the network perimeter to deliver total data protection for the enterprise -- in the cloud, on mobile devices, on the network and anywhere on the Internet. Bitglass was founded in 2013 by a team of industry veterans with a proven track record of innovation and execution. Bitglass is based in Silicon Valley.
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