Top Threats Facing Organizations

Cloud / SaaS DataExecutive Briefing

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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