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Thales research reveals Digital
Transformation puts sensitive
data at risk
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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.
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
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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 both internally and externally. The
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
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