Cloud security challenges prevent greater federal adoption, new survey finds

Grazed from FierceGovernmentIT. Author: Molly Bernhart Walker.

The vast majority of federal IT workers value security over employee convenience, and even though many believe cloud computing improves employee productivity, it’s not enough of a benefit to trump the related security challenges. According to a new survey from Dimensional Research and Dell, 89 percent of survey respondents said they valued security versus 11 percent of employees who said they prized convenience.

Seventy-one percent think cloud improves productivity, while 79 percent think the cloud’s security challenges prevent greater adoption. The poll, published Sept. 9, surveyed 150 federal IT professionals with more than 1,000 employees at their organizations. It was part of a broader global IT study that included public and private sector IT professionals…

The survey also revealed that federal employees have more passwords than other industries. Paul Christman, Dell’s vice president for public sector, said passwords and cloud computing technologies are closely linked…

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