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By SecureWorld News Team
Mon | Oct 17, 2016 | 12:00 AM PDT

Data breaches that occur with information in the Cloud can be more damaging and cost more to remediate.

Infosecurity Magazine Explains:

That’s according to a Netskope study conducted in partnership with Ponemon Institute. The survey found that when respondents were asked to estimate the likelihood of a data breach, they said that the growing use of cloud services (SaaS) and the increase in backup and storage of confidential data in the cloud is most likely to cause a data breach in the cloud.

Almost 90% believe an increase of cloud services usage of 50% within the next year will increase the probability of a data breach. The same percentage agree a 50% increase in backup and storage of sensitive information in the cloud would also increase the probability of a data breach.

Early cloud adopters are still skeptical: Only a third believe their cloud service providers enable security technologies to protect and secure sensitive or confidential information, and only 37% believe cloud apps are in full compliance with privacy and data protection regulation and law. 

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