Netwrix, a
vendor of information security and governance software, today released an
infographic based on the findings of its
global 2019 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report for the education
sector. The infographic provides an industry perspective on the data that
educational institutions store in the cloud, the state of their data security
and their plans for further cloud technology adoption.
The 2019 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report revealed that
53% of educational organizations are ready to start deploying a "cloud-first"
strategy for all new services and technologies, up from 40% last year. However,
every third organization in this sector experienced a cloud breach in the previous
year. One critical factor is that IT teams at 70% of educational organizations
don't receive sufficient budget for cloud security: Only 12% of them saw their
security budgets increased in 2019, and 98% say their management is not
choosing to hire dedicated IT security staff to support cloud security.
Other findings
revealed by the research and shown in the infographic include the following:
- 71%
of organizations that were breached in the previous year never classified
all the data they store in the cloud.
- 65%
of organizations say business users were responsible for the incidents.
- IT
teams plan to strengthen data security in the cloud by enforcing stricter
security policies (41%) and training employees (39%). They are likely
choosing these less costly measures due to lack of financial support from
management.
- Only
19% of educational institutions are ready to move their entire
infrastructure to the cloud, down from 32% in 2018.
"Cloud
technologies help educational institutions manage vast amounts of data cost
efficiently. However, these organizations cannot rely solely on their cloud
providers for cybersecurity. To keep sensitive data like student
information secure, security pros must: 1) help their business colleagues
understand that while security might be expensive, being unsecure is even more
so; 2) work with management to learn how to use their limited budgets more
efficiently to keep find and secure sensitive data," said Steve Dickson, CEO of
Netwrix.
"While the top-tier cloud providers
do an excellent job of securing the services they provide, they do not secure
the applications or data that you host there. You are responsible for making
sure that the data you put on IaaS is locked down appropriately. It's not the
provider's fault if you leave your data unprotected. Identifying
responsibilities is critical to secure use of the cloud," - Gartner, "The Cloud
Strategy Cookbook, 2019," by David Smith, April 2, 2019.
Learn more about the findings of the 2019
Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report for the education sector:
www.netwrix.com/go/cloudsecurity2019_education