With 55 percent, organizations from the United States store data in the cloud more often than global respondents. Importantly, they also indicate that most of the data stored in the cloud is sensitive, meaning that it is classified information that must be protected and remain inaccessible to outside parties. As sensitive data is stored in cloud environments, data security increases in importance.
Percentage of data and sensitive data stored in the cloud worldwide as of 2019, by geography
*Respondents are executives with responsibility for or influence over IT and data security. Job titles ranged from C-level executives including CEO, CFO, CISO, chief data officer, chief data scientist, chief risk officer, SVP/VP, security analyst, IT administrator, security engineer, systems administrator.
Respondents mostly represented organizations ranging from 500 to 10,000 employees.
Organizations mostly represented industries in healthcare, financial services, technology, retail, and federal government.
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