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Broad use of cloud services leaves enterprise data vulnerable to theft, report says
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:17:52 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3025944/security/broad-use-of-cloud-services-leave-enterprise-data-vulnerable-to-theft-report-says.html By Patrick Nelson Network World Jan 25, 2016Data theft is a very real and growing threat for companies that increasingly use cloud services, says a security firm.
Workers who widely share documents stored in the cloud with clients, independent contractors, or even others within the company are creating a Swiss-cheese of security holes, a study by Blue Coat Systems has found.
In some cases, cloud documents were publicly discoverable through Google searches, the researchers say of their analysis.
'Broadly shared'The study found that 26% of documents stored in cloud apps are shared so widely that they pose a security risk. Compounding the issue is that many organizations aren't even aware of it.
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