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Cloud Computing Security: Businesses Aren’t Proactive in Securing their Cloud Resources
Almost three quarters of organizations say that they’re having a hard time trying to protect sensitive data stored in the cloud, and nearly half say that it’s very difficult to restrict end-user access to data in the cloud. 70 percent say that managing privacy and data protection in a cloud environment is more complex than in an on-premise environment. Those are the findings from a recent report by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by SafeNet. The report concludes that most businesses aren’t being proactive in their handling of cloud security.
Only about one third of organizations say that they have a policy in place for safeguarding their cloud data. Typically the tools being used to do this are encryption, tokenization and other cryptographic techniques. 39 percent of organizations say that they employ some sort of cryptography to secure their data, while about one third of respondents say that they are unaware of
Tsion Gone, chief strategy officer at SafeNet, said that “while the cloud has revolutionized the way IT is delivered, many IT organizations are finding it difficult to keep up with demand for these services and the security implications that are created when critical data is stored in the cloud. And as we’ve seen in 2014 with a raft of record-breaking data breaches, organizations are attacked frequently from different angles. In order to mitigate risk, there needs to be focused coordination and new approaches to securing data in the cloud, and IT needs to be at the center of this migration.”
Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said that “to create a more secure cloud environment, organizations can begin with simple steps such as including IT security in establishing security policies and procedures; increasing visibility into the use of cloud applications, platforms, and infrastructure; and protecting data with encryption and stronger access controls, such as multi-factor authentication.”
