According to a 2023 survey of cybersecurity professionals, 65 percent of respondents worldwide considered misconfiguration of the cloud platform as the biggest security threat in public clouds. Exfiltration of sensitive data ranked second, according to 54 percent of respondents. Foreign state-sponsored cyber attacks constituted the main security threat in public clouds for 34 percent of respondents.
What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds?
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Cybersecurity Insiders. (September 14, 2023). What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/
Cybersecurity Insiders. "What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds? ." Chart. September 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/
Cybersecurity Insiders. (2023). What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/
Cybersecurity Insiders. "What Do You See as The Biggest Security Threats in Public Clouds? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/
Cybersecurity Insiders, What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
What do you see as the biggest security threats in public clouds? [Graph], Cybersecurity Insiders, September 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423855/top-security-threats-in-public-clouds/