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Thales research reveals
Digital Transformation puts
sensitive data at risk
The research reveals
enterprises are struggling
with cloud complexity
as demand for digitally
transformative
technologies outpaces
security needs.
T
“
AS
ORGANISATIONS
EMBRACE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES,
SUCH AS
MULTI-CLOUD
DEPLOYMENTS,
THEY ARE
STRUGGLING
TO IMPLEMENT
PROPER
DATA SECURITY.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
hales, a leader in critical information
systems, cybersecurity and data
security, has announced that the
rush to Digital Transformation is putting
sensitive data at risk for organisations
worldwide. That is according to the
company’s 2019 Thales Data Threat
Report – Global Edition with research
and analysis from IDC. As organisations
embrace new technologies, such as multi-
cloud deployments, they are struggling to
implement proper data security.
Sensitive data is everywhere
A total of 97% of the survey respondents
reported their organisation was already
underway with some level of Digital
Transformation and, with that, confirmed
they are using and exposing sensitive data
within these environments. Aggressive
digital transformers are most at risk for
data breaches but alarmingly the study
found that less than a third of respondents
(only 30%) are using encryption within
these environments. The study also found
a few key areas where encryption adoption
and usage are above average: IoT (42%),
containers (47%) and Big Data (45%).
The reality of multi-cloud risk
As companies move to the cloud or multi-
cloud environments as part of their Digital
Transformation journey, protecting their
sensitive data is becoming increasingly
complex. Nine out of 10 respondents are
using, or will be using, some type of cloud
environment and 44% rated complexity
of that environment as a perceived barrier
to implementing proper data security
measures. In fact, this complexity is ahead of
staff needs, budget restraints and securing
organisational buy-in.
Despite increase in data
breaches enterprises still not
investing in protection
Globally, 60% of organisations say they
have been breached at some point in their
history, with 30% experiencing a breach
within the past year alone. In a year where
breaches regularly appear in headlines, the
US had the highest number of breaches in
the last three years (65%) as well as in the
last year (36%).
The bottom line is that whatever
technologies an organisation deploys to
make Digital Transformation happen, the
easy and timely access to data puts this data
at risk internally and externally. A majority of
organisations, 86%, said they felt vulnerable
to data threats.
Unfortunately, this does not always translate
into security best practices as evidenced
by the less than 30% of respondents
using encryption as part of their Digital
Transformation strategy.
Frank Dickson, Research Vice President for
security products research at IDC said:
“Our research shows that no organisation
is immune from data security threats
and, in fact, we found that the most
sophisticated organisations are more likely
to indicate that they have experienced a
data security breach.
“This trend is consistent no matter how we
define the sophistication of the audience:
those who are spending more on IT security,
those for whom data security is a larger
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