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.
How important are the following features to the ability to control and secure access to cloud resources?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Ensure consistently high availability of IT resources
75%
Support multiple identity federation standards including SAML
73%
Accelerate on-boarding process for new users
70%
Control strong authentication prior to accessing data and applications in the cloud
70%
Utilize adaptive access controls to protect the users most at risk without reducing the productivity of other users
61%
Deploy short cycles and the ability to add new identity management services quickly
55%
Expand or contract usage based on the organization's current needs/demands
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* 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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