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Research Brief: Challenges in Securing Cloud-resident Data
Jun 30, 2023
by
Enterprise Strategy Group Research
The complexity of cloud environments and the speed and scale of operations in the cloud drive the multitude of challenges organizations face in securing their cloud-resident sensitive data. The most difficult challenges include discovery and classification of data as well as ensuring compliance with regulations. Despite confidence in their data security tools, organizations continue to lose data due to misconfiguration, misclassification, and unknown (shadow) data. Implementing a defense-in-depth strategy that combines third-party and CSP-native tools and controls can overcome these challenges in securing cloud-resident sensitive data.
While a substantial percentage of organizations are aware of the loss of cloud-resident sensitive data, some organizations suspect they have lost data but do not definitively know. This lack of awareness indicates that organizations lack the tools…
