Infographic: Cloud Security & SMBs - What You Need to Know in 2015

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with Spiceworks What You Need to Know in 2015 CLOUD SECURITY + SMBs As usage of the cloud rises with SMBs, the IT pros that work for them are feeling the impact of increasing security breaches. The cause and solution according to our survey of SMB IT pros? Employees. A report brought to you by CLOUD ADOPTION* OF THE REMAINING 29% WHO DON’T... *438 SMB IT Pros Surveyed of SMBs surveyed already use the cloud or plan to in 2015 have no formal IT policy about cloud service usage know employees use cloud without company sanctioning 71% 80% 43% WHERE DO IT PROS STAND? HERE’S WHERE WE’RE AT. INCREASED THREAT Eighty-nine percent of organizations currently in the cloud reported recent security breaches affecting their security protocol; with 40% reshaping policies. SEVERE HIGH ELEVATED GUARDED LOW Approximately 80% of SMB respondents who use the cloud report that employees are the greatest vulnerability in their organization's security infrastructure. THE WEAKEST LINK BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY? 90% of IT Pros at cloud-adopting companies are concerned about the safety of cloud-based services but only 63% pick security over convenience. A TIPPING POINT IN MATURITY Companies with 50-99 employees deploy the highest rate of cloud-based services company-wide and currently utilize authentication and password management tech at a higher rate than their SMB counterparts. In 2015, they plan to out-pace their peers in education, processes and technology to improve their cloud-based service security. Brought to you by The simple and secure way businesses access the cloud. All data as reported in the CloudEntr 2015 State Of SMB Cybersecurity report. See more at www.cloudentr.com/ lp/2015-state-of-smb-cybersecurity Open road photo courtesy of Gratisography (Ryan McGuire) TOP 3 CHALLENGES HOW WE CAN FACE THEM EMPLOYEE DATA EXPOSURE social engineering (48%) + BYOD (42%) compliance (34%) enforcing password policy (33%) + access management (27%) REGULATION ACCESS STRONGER SERVER SECURITY EMPLOYEE EDUCATION NETWORK PERIMETER SECURITY THE ROAD AHEAD With IT pros recognizing an increased cloud security threat and 64% stating recent security breaches will not influence 2015 security purchases, what are SMBs doing differently next year to prevent security breaches? Overwhelmingly, 89% say more employee education.

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As usage of the cloud rises with SMBs, the IT pros that work for them are feeling the impact of increasing security breaches. The cause and solution according to a recent survey of SMB IT pros? Employees. This infographic is based on data from CloudEntr's 2015 State of SMB Cybersecurity study.

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with Spiceworks

What You Need to Know in 2015

CLOUD SECURITY + SMBs

As usage of the cloud rises with SMBs, the IT pros that work for them are feeling the impact of increasing security breaches. The cause and solution according to our survey of SMB IT pros? Employees.

A report brought to you by

CLOUD ADOPTION*OF THE REMAINING 29% WHO DON’T...

*438 SMB IT Pros Surveyed

of SMBs surveyed already use the cloud or plan to in 2015

have no formal IT policy about cloud service usage

know employees use cloud without company sanctioning

71% 80% 43%

WHERE DO IT PROS STAND? HERE’S WHERE WE’RE AT.

INCREASED THREAT

Eighty-nine percent of organizations currently in the cloud reported recent security breaches affecting their security protocol;

with 40% reshaping policies.

SEVERE

HIGH

ELEVATED

GUARDED

LOW

Approximately 80%of SMB respondents who use the cloud report that employees are the greatest vulnerability in their organization's security infrastructure.

THE WEAKEST LINKBETTER SAFE THAN SORRY?

90% of IT Pros at cloud-adopting companies are concerned about the safety of cloud-based services but only 63% pick security over convenience.

A TIPPING POINT IN MATURITY

Companies with 50-99 employees deploy the highest rate of cloud-based services company-wide and currently utilize authentication and password management tech at a higher rate than their SMB counterparts.

In 2015, they plan to out-pace their peers in education, processes and technology to improve their cloud-based service security.

Brought to you by

The simple and secure way businesses access the cloud.

All data as reported in the CloudEntr 2015 State Of SMB Cybersecurity report. See more at www.cloudentr.com/lp/2015-state-of-smb-cybersecurity

Open road photo courtesy of Gratisography (Ryan McGuire)

TOP 3 CHALLENGES HOW WE CAN FACE THEM

EMPLOYEE DATA EXPOSURE

social engineering (48%) + BYOD (42%)

compliance (34%) enforcing password policy (33%)+ access management (27%)

REGULATION ACCESS STRONGER

SERVER SECURITY

EMPLOYEEEDUCATION

NETWORKPERIMETER SECURITY

THE ROAD AHEADWith IT pros recognizing an increased cloud security threat and 64% stating recent security breaches will not influence 2015 security purchases, what are SMBs doing differently next year to prevent security breaches? Overwhelmingly, 89% say more employee education.