Top Threats Facing Organizations Cloud / SaaS Data

1. Top Threats Facing Organizations
Cloud / SaaS Data
Executive Briefing

2. Numerous Threats to
Data and Business Continuity
Data Loss : Deletion or corruption of
data that can not be recovered
Exposure : Unauthorized access to
sensitive information
Inaccessibility : Unable to access to
critical data due to outage
Compliance Breach: Failure to comply
with federal or industry data regulations

3. What Are The Experts Saying?
CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE
The Top Nine Threats to Cloud Computing
#1 : Data Breaches and Leakage
#2 : Data Loss
THE ABERDEEN GROUP
SaaS Data Loss: The Problem You Didn’t Know You Had
32% of companies have lost data in the cloud
SYMANTEC
Avoiding the Hidden Costs of the Cloud
66% of organizations that lost data were unsuccessful in
recovering information

4. Devastating Effects of Data Loss and Exposure
The impact from lost data or exposure
can cripple an organization:
● Loss of revenue due to missing data
● Cost of data replacement / wasted time
● Tarnished brand / reputation
● Repercussions due to policy breach

5. “My Data is Safe, I’m on Google”
Google Apps is extremely
reliable and provides:
● Physical security around data
● Protection against data loss
related to infrastructure
● Settings to allow users to set
data privacy levels

6. Risk to Data Due to Users Not Google
Research found the following risks:
● Over 60% of data loss in Google Apps is
caused by user action or error
● Almost 40% of organizations have had
sensitive data exposed in the cloud
● 8% have lost data due to malicious means
● 3% have seen data deleted or corrupted
by third-party applications

7. Summary
● Multiple threats exists to cloud data
● Organizations affected are widespread
● It’s not the cloud providers that pose risk
● Most loss is caused by users, authorized
apps or malicious act
● Impact to business can be severe

8. Steps You Can Take to Protect and
Secure your Organization’s Google Apps Data
● Use of cloud data backup and recovery applications
to protect data regardless of the root cause
● Implement your corporate security policies to keep
sensitive data private to only authorized or intended
parties
● Leverage data loss protection applications to limit
exposure of PII and sensitive information
● Choose tools that are proactive, automated and
operate continuously without constant intervention