THE STATE OF Cloud Data Security

With unprecedented amounts of data being stored in the cloud, there’s no better time than now to review how it’s being handled and what we can learn from it. Until now, we could only estimate, via surveys, the answer to questions like where sensitive data resides and how much of it is currently at risk. Why? Because of the lack of tools enabling effective and timely visibility and assessment.

This paper follows up a study analyzing over 13 billion files and 8 petabytes of information stored in various public cloud environments—our “sample data set.” We hope the paper drives awareness and responsibility over how we engage with sensitive data in today's working environments.