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