46 percent of organizations consider taking personal data out of the cloud

A new study finds that 46 percent of organizations which store customer personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud are considering moving it back on premises due to data security concerns. The research from information security software company Netwrix also shows that of the 50 percent of organizations that store customer data in the cloud, 39 percent had security incidents in the past year and more than 50 percent of those couldn’t diagnose the problem. Among other findings are that although 50 percent of respondents store PII of customers and employees in the cloud, far fewer are willing to store… [Continue Reading]