Report: Cloud Data Security Still A Challenge For Many Companies
Half of all cloud services and corporate data stored in cloud not controlled by IT departments.
Despite the continued importance of cloud computing resources to organizations, companies are not adopting appropriate governance and security measures to protect sensitive data in the cloud. These are just a few findings a Ponemon Institute study titled, "The 2016 Global Cloud Data Security Study," commissioned by Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security. The study surveyed more than 3,400 IT and IT security practitioners worldwide to gain a better understanding of key trends in data
According to 73% of respondents, cloud-based services and platforms are considered important to their organization's operations and 81% said they will be more so over the next two years. In fact, 36% of respondents said their companies' total IT and data processing needs were met using cloud resources today and that they expected this to increase to 45% over the next two years.