"File Security Violations Within Organizations Have Spiked 134% as The World Reopened For Business"
Researchers at BetterCloud surveyed more than 500 IT and security professionals and examined internal data from thousands of organizations and users during a new study. The study's goal was to understand organizations' top challenges, priorities, and the magnitude of data loss and sensitive information leaks that are occurring. The researchers found that SaaS file security violations are out of control. This year, as the world reopened for business, file security violations spiked 134%, and the types of violations are rampant throughout organizations. Nearly half of the organizations surveyed stated their top security concern was not knowing where sensitive data lives. The researchers also found that only 35 percent of respondents trust end-users to responsibly share and store company data, and nearly half of respondents stated they have difficulty securing users' activities within SaaS apps. The researchers stated that companies are not investing enough in SaaS file security, thus increasing the risk for potential incidents, whether intentional or unintentional.