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UK employees gamble with company data

UK firms are losing the battle to protect and safeguard data against the risks posed by the public cloud, according to a survey by Connected Data.

While the public cloud enables employees to easily sync and share files via a user-friendly interface, it is vulnerable to a number of major security and regulation threats, including hacking. This is a real problem for companies with sensitive data that need to ensure a high level of privacy.

According to the survey, businesses and employees are well aware of the risks, but staff gamble with data every day in order to speed up processes.

The survey revealed:

90% of IT decision makers believe sharing sensitive data in the public cloud poses some level of risk Only 33% have banned staff from using the public cloud 58% of IT decision makers admit they wouldn’t know whether their employees were using it anyway Only 36% of businesses provide training on file and data sharing 48% of companies that believe the public cloud is a risk have not added guidelines to a staff manual

Dr. Geoff Barrall, CEO of Connected Data, commented, “The risks of the public cloud are common knowledge, but what is surprising is that companies are still allowing employees to gamble with their data. We should be concerned by a growing pattern of employee behavior that puts sensitive company data at risk. Penalties to staff are serious, yet the need to share files across different devices is leading them to break company policy and put their jobs on the line. The survey highlights how important it is to address this dilemma before more company data is lost or exposed.”

Survey Sample

A survey of 100 IT decision makers was commissioned by Connected Data and carried out by independent research company, Verve.

About Connected Data

Connected Data is the creator of the Drobo line of award-winning smart storage solutions and Transporter, the world’s first peer-to-peer private storage device, is focused on providing elegantly designed solutions for consumers, professionals and businesses. The Connected Data team consists of the same professionals responsible for the creation of the high performance BlueArc Silicon Server. Connected Data is privately funded and based in San Jose, California.

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