In 2020, 51 percent of respondents from the United States indicated that email messages presented the greatest security risk to their organization when stored in the cloud. Employee records took the second place.
What type of corporate data presents the greatest security risk to your organization when stored in the cloud?
* Respondents represent a variety of industries, the largest being financial services (18%). 64% of respondents are from organizations with a global headcount of more than 1,000 employees.
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Ponemon Institute. (April 1, 2021). What type of corporate data presents the greatest security risk to your organization when stored in the cloud? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251424/corporate-data-presents-risk-in-cloud-us/
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