{"id":6106,"date":"2016-03-01T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2016-01-26T08:59:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:59:14","slug":"file-sharing-the-risks-of-shadow-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/file-sharing-the-risks-of-shadow-data\/","title":{"rendered":"File Sharing: The Risks of Shadow Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

File Sharing apps makes sharing data temptingly easy and risky. \u00a0The benefits of convenience and low cost of cloud-based file sharing have caused many employees to use these services without giving a moment’s thought to any risks that doing so\u00a0might entail.<\/p>\n

An audit of rogue file sharing use\u00a0in companies, Elastica\u00a0reports<\/a> finding millions of files on the cloud that are potential compliance violations, intellectual property leaks, and other kinds of risks from data leaks. \u00a0The report found that about one quarter of documents shared by employees were made “broadly available” which means that anyone with a link would be able to access the files. \u00a0About 10 percent of\u00a0“broadly shared” files were found to be data that should not have been publicly exposed.<\/p>\n

Rehan Jalil<\/a>,\u00a0Blue Coat Systems and Elastica founder, said that<\/a> \u201cwe\u2019ve reached a point in the security lifecycle where shadow IT should no longer be the primary focus. By now, organizations should have a grip on cloud applications available and have enforceable policies in place with the ability to control which are in use. \u00a0It\u2019s time to start focusing on the real problems, which are the need to know what types of information employees are sharing, who is able to access data and how to stop high-risk exposures that lead to data breaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

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File Sharing apps makes sharing data temptingly easy and risky. \u00a0The benefits of convenience and low cost of cloud-based file sharing have caused many employees to use these services without giving a moment’s thought to any risks that doing so\u00a0might…<\/span><\/p>\n

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