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28 % OF ORGANISATIONS REPORT ADVANCED THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR CLOUD APPLICATION PROVIDERS .

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90 % OF IT PROFESSIONALS HAVE EXPERIENCED A CYBERSECURITY BREACH

Skyhigh Security has released The Data Dilemma : Cloud Adoption and Risk Report , focusing on the prevailing problem of how to protect data that is used , shared and stored in today ’ s hybrid and cloud-first enterprise environments .

The report finds that , on average , organisations store 61 % of their sensitive data in the cloud and most have experienced at least one cybersecurity breach ( 90 %), threat ( 89 %) and / or theft of data ( 80 %), with three-quarters ( 75 %) experiencing all three . Overall , the report underscores the need to address data security gaps by investing in comprehensive data protection that provides remote workforces with a secure and productive user experience .
Cloud adoption accelerates rapidly Public cloud usage has jumped in the past several years , partly as a result of the pandemic , which forced most businesses to shift to a work from hom or hybrid model . As the report points out , from
2019 to 2022 , the use of public cloud services increased to approximately 50 % among survey participants . For example , 41 % of organisations are using Softwareas-a-Service ( SaaS ) application Microsoft 365 for email and / or file storage .
Organisations lack confidence in data protection efforts by cloud providers

28 % OF ORGANISATIONS REPORT ADVANCED THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR CLOUD APPLICATION PROVIDERS .

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