A recent survey of 384 business managers from large enterprises revealed that confusion abounds about cloud data security. More than three-quarters of the respondents couldn't say who they believe should be responsible for data housed in a cloud environment, while 65.4% said that the company from which the data originates, the application provider and the cloud service provider are all responsible, and another 13% said they were not sure. . There was no consensus on who the single party should be that protects that data. Courion conducted the global survey in October querying 384 business managers from large enterprises -- 86% of which had at least 1,000 employees. Among the other findings: * 1 in 7 companies admit that they know there are potential access violations in their cloud applications, but they don't know how to find them. . An investigation uncovered a lack of clarity regarding compliance obligations related to information security in cloud settings among corporate executives.. Cloud Data Security, Enterprise Data Protection, Security Responsibilities. . Alex
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