Security News > 2022 > June > Increased cloud complexity needs stronger cybersecurity

A Thales report, conducted by 451 Research, reveals that 45% of businesses have experienced a cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, up 5% from the previous year, raising even greater concerns regarding to protecting sensitive data from cybercriminals.

Despite their increasing prevalence and use, businesses share common concerns about the increasing complexity of cloud services with 51% of IT professionals agreeing that it is more complex to manage privacy and data protection in the cloud.

The majority of respondents cited encryption and key management as the security technologies they currently use to protect sensitive data in the cloud.

Encryption should be a priority area for enterprises to focus on when it comes to securing data in the cloud.

The growing importance of data sovereignty is increasingly raising questions for CISOs and Data Protection Officers when considering their cloud strategy, governance, and risk management.

The challenge is not only where the sensitive data resides geographically, but even who has access to sensitive data inside the organization.

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