The Shadow Data Report, published by Elastica Cloud Threat Labs, addresses key trends and challenges faced by enterprises securing data stored and shared via cloud apps and services. Covering the first half of 2016, this report is based on the analysis of over 15 000 cloud apps and 108 million documents. All data is anonymised and aggregated to protect customer confidentiality.
Cloud apps and services provide unprecedented levels of collaboration and business enablement that can empower employees and organisations to be more productive and efficient. And they can do this while keeping sensitive data secure, as long as they take steps to maintain adequate visibility and control over the entire cloud security life cycle.
This report is focused on the potential risks enterprises may encounter whenever they adopt insecure or non-compliant apps, implement insufficient policies around data governance, allow the accidental sharing of files, or become exposed to malicious insiders and hackers. In addition, this report covers the potential repercussions of data leakage, including compliance and mitigation costs.
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