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CLOUD-BASED DATA SECURITY RISKS THRIVE IN THE WORKPLACE Management of Shadow IT Also Remains a Challenge theft of intellectual property inability to adequately identify relevant data service outage inadequate application of document retention HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU with the potential security risk from cloud-based applications? are moderately concerned 21.6% are concerned 31.7% are slightly concerned 14.8% are not at all concerned 2.0% are very concerned 29.7% 61% OF RESPONDENTS are “concerned” or “very concerned” about the potential security risks of cloud-based applications. ONLY 2% OF RESPONDENTS are “not at all concered” about the potential security risks of cloud-based applications. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE how often is data stored in cloud-based applications considered and/or collected in legal or investigatory matters? 54.7% “often” or “almost always” use cloud-based applications to store company data affiliated with legal and investigatory matters on a regular basis. S O M E T I M E S ( 3 3 . 1 % ) S E L D O M ( 7 . 4 % ) N E V E R ( 4 . 7 % ) O F T E N ( 4 0 . 5 % ) A L M O S T A L W A Y S ( 1 4 . 2 % ) HOW IMPORTANT do you see migration to the cloud as part of an organization’s information governance program? IN THE PAST YEAR how often has your company addressed security risks associated with Shadow IT (i.e. using unauthorized software programs) or public cloud services with its employees? Slightly important 4.0% not important 5.4% Sometimes 45.2% Rarely 18.2% Never 8.7% Very Often 25.6% ONLY 25% formally address the security risks associated with Shadow IT through memos, meetings and other initiatives on a regular basis. [email protected] www.consilio.com Between February 2-4, 2016, Consilio conducted a survey of conference attendees at Legaltech ® New York 2016 about cloud-based data security and the use of shadow IT in the workplace. A total of 148 responses were collected from law firms; in-house legal departments; and government-affiliated entities in attendance. Copyright 2016 © Consilio LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALMOST 30% “rarely” or “never” address the security risks associated with Shadow IT on a regular basis. important 39.9% moderately important 23.0% very important 27.0% According to a survey recently conducted by Consilio, a global leader in eDiscovery and document review services, the pervasive use of cloud-based applications in the workplace is creating challenges for companies to effectively manage the potential data security risks of Shadow IT. IN YOUR OPINION which are the greatest risks of cloud-based applications? regulatory compliance failures inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data cited “inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data” among their top two greatest perceived risks of cloud-based applications. 64% 26% cited “regulatory compliance failures” as one of their top two greatest perceived risks of cloud-based applications. More than two-thirds (67%) of respondents regard the migration of company data to the cloud as “important” or “very important” to an organization’s information governance program. 16% 21% 25% 26% 39% 64%
