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Data Nugget: A Cloudy Sky
Many organizations are migrating IT infrastructure to cloud-based environments, but that change comes with some cybersecurity risks. Here are a few hard truths about storing data in the public cloud.
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97 percent of organizations use cloud services (public, private, or a combination of both).
83 percent of IT leaders said their organization keeps sensitive data in the public cloud.
26 percent of IT leaders said their organization has experienced data theft from the public cloud.
20 percent of IT leaders said their organization has experienced an advanced attack against their public cloud infrastructure.
Source: Cloud Adoption and Security Research Study (opens in a new tab), McAfee, April 2018
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