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Cloud Security: Businesses Worry about Putting Data in the Cloud, but they Worry about On-Premise Data Too
Putting an app in the cloud increases the likelihood of having a data breach. Using cloud-based apps may increase the economic fallout from a data breach by more than a factor of three. Those are two of the results from a survey of IT professionals made by the Ponemon Institute in a report that identifies what they call a security “cloud multiplier effect“.
Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said that “I suspect that the low vote of confidence in cloud vendors we’re seeing is due to heightened scrutiny and a ‘fear of the unknown.’ Overcoming this takes a better understanding of a vendor’s security precautions and how people are using the cloud in the first place. Businesses that demand more vendor transparency and seek efficient methods for evaluating apps and directing usage will find it easier to embrace the cloud and move past this period of uncertainty.”
Other results of the recent Ponemon survey were:
- 66 percent said that using the cloud reduces confidence in how well sensitive information is being protected
- 62 percent said that they think cloud providers turn on services before they’ve fully tested them for security
- 71 percent didn’t think that their cloud provider would provide them immediate notification if there was a data loss or theft
Bill Kehoe, CIO of King County, said that “I think you’ve got to be careful. You can’t just throw your data into any cloud environment.”
But despite their worry about security in the cloud, security is an issue no matter where your data is stored. 51 percent said that on-premise data has just as many security issues as data stored in the cloud
