Security News > 2021 > September > Only 30% of enterprises use cloud services with E2E encryption for external file sharing

A recent study of enterprise IT security decision makers conducted by Tresorit shows that majority of enterprises use additional encryption methods to boost the security of cloud collaboration and file transfer tools with built-in end-to-end encryption are still less frequent despite the growing popularity of this privacy and security enhancing technology.

Hybrid work era driving the need for external file sharing security.

Their top three concerns when it comes to external file sharing are: government surveillance, the ability to control granular user permission to files, and unintentional errors by employees such as accidentally sending a confidential file in an email to a wrong recipient.

Three-quarters of IT decision makers believe that the current solutions they use for external collaboration are secure enough - despite the fact that they regard the security vulnerabilities of their tools and a loss of control over files as top risks when sharing confidential data.

From email attachments to FTPs, instant messaging and cloud-based collaboration services, a multitude of file sharing tools are being used at the same time to facilitate external collaboration.

While 65% of respondents have firmed up their cloud security either with additional encryption key management tools or with an end-to-end encrypted solution, only 30% have adopted a collaboration and file transfer service with fully integrated end-to-end encryption.

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