Even as MNCs opt for cloud services, 49% of India still wary of security

While an overwhelming majority of global firms have adopted cloud services, there is still a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by them, a survey has revealed.

Almost half of Indian organisations say they are not likely to secure sensitive data in the cloud, according to the ‘2018 Global Cloud Data Security’ survey by global digital security firm Gemalto.

Globally, organisations said only two-fifths of the data stored in the cloud is secured with encryption and key management solutions, it said.

The survey said there is a gap in awareness within businesses about the services being used.

Only a quarter (25 %) of IT and IT security practitioners revealed they are confident they know all the cloud services their business is using, with a third (31 %) confident they know.

The survey was conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Gemalto with 3,285 IT and IT security practitioners surveyed across the US (575), UK (405), Australia (244), Germany (492), France (293), Japan (424), India (497) and Brazil (355).

It revealed that almost half (49 %) of Indian organisations are not likely to secure sensitive data in the cloud, reflecting limited trust in cloud governance and security practices.

Globally, it found that organisations in …read more