{"id":675,"date":"2015-09-08T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?p=675"},"modified":"2018-07-05T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:59:54","slug":"cloud-storage-shadow-it-causes-security-concerns-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/cloud-storage-shadow-it-causes-security-concerns-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Storage &#8220;Shadow IT&#8221; Causes Security Concerns, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-412\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2015\/03\/Gartner-CIOs-Need-a-Cloud-First-Focus.jpg\" alt=\"Gartner - CIOs Need a Cloud First Focus\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/>Security concerns have over three-quarters of IT professionals worried about consumer-grade cloud-based file sync and share services, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctera.com\/the-critical-need-for-enterprise-grade-file-sync-and-share-solutions-osterman-research\" target=\"_blank\">new paper<\/a> (sign-up required) from tech research firm Osterman Research released in conjunction with cloud storage company <a href=\"https:\/\/ctera.com\" target=\"_blank\">CTERA Networks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report, titled <em>The Critical Need for Enterprise-Grade File Sync and Share Solutions, <\/em>highlights security professionals concerns regarding shadow IT use of consumer cloud storage solutions that show a clear need for\u2014you guessed it\u2014 secure, enterprise-grade file sync and share solutions (EFFS).<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, Shadow IT is any IT system or solution used with an organization without approval from the IT department. In this case, employees may be trying to find better ways to access corporate data by using consumer-grade cloud storage solutions such as Dropbox or Google Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Osterman\u2019s report notes that usage of consumer storage applications without the blessing of the IT department has grown significantly between May 2012 and January 2015. According to Osterman, just <strong>11 percent<\/strong> of Dropbox enterprise use was IT approved in 2012, while <strong>45 percent<\/strong> was considered shadow IT. In 2015, <strong>28 percent<\/strong> of IT departments have approved Dropbox usage, but illicit use has risen to <strong>49 percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But, while consumer cloud storage has improved security in recent years, there are obvious security concerns when you have corporate data on a disparate network of consumer clouds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of [consumer-grade file sync and share] solutions shifts control over corporate data from IT to individual employees, and has become a key element of the \u2018shadow IT\u2019 or \u2018consumerized IT\u2019 problem that organizations must address,\u201d says the report.<\/p>\n<p>According to Osterman\u2019s research, more than three quarters (<strong>76 percent<\/strong>) of survey respondents said that they are at least somewhat concerned about consumer-grade file sync and share solutions, while just <strong>5 percent<\/strong> claimed they were \u201cnot concerned at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can access the report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctera.com\/the-critical-need-for-enterprise-grade-file-sync-and-share-solutions-osterman-research\" target=\"_blank\">full here<\/a> (sign-up required).<\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security concerns have over three-quarters of IT professionals worried about consumer-grade cloud-based file sync and share services, according to a new paper (sign-up required) from tech research firm Osterman Research released in conjunction with cloud storage company CTERA Networks. 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