Businesses feel under threat it affects the way we regard new technologies and the people who provide them Organisations are trying to retain strict control over cloud use And review their security policies to accommodate new risks But does this mean we’re becoming overcautious? 80% of respondents didn’t know how the Data Protection Act restricted data movement across the EU But here’s the kicker… Security was ranked as the top quality organisations look for when selecting a And yet 58% of respondents still listed the nationality of prospective cloud service providers as important Internal and external security breaches combined only accounted for 5% of data loss 33% of respondents encrypt everything they put in the cloud • Providers must do more to gain the trust of businesses considering cloud • Businesses should stop worrying about general cloud security issues and focus on the details to see how they can make it work 64% of respondents are considering or already have in place an official policy restricting use of consumer cloud services like iCloud and Dropbox 43% of organisations reviewed their security policies after the PRISM revelations 58% of respondents of the Data Health Check reported security was the largest concern when adopting cloud services cloud sрvice ovidр Internal and external security breaches are regarded as the 2nd biggest risk for businesses, behind hardware failure Download the full Data Health Check 2013 Report from www.databarracks.com are we overdoing it? Perception Prevention Reality