Survey: 71% of Organizations Using Unsanctioned Cloud Apps

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.

Cloud adoption is on the rise, but according to the results of a survey conducted by OneLogin, there are a lot of naughty end users out there. As 78 percent of organizations surveyed said they planned to increase the number of cloud apps they have in 2013, 71 percent admitted to using unsanctioned apps. Rogue IT is, of course, nothing out of the ordinary, but it does present a great deal of security risk in this information age. Rogue cloud, specifically, has been making the lives of IT administrators difficult ever since the first cloud service was opened up for credit card billing. The survey clearly shows it’s still a major problem for administrators.

According to OneLogin, the survey demonstrated that 2013 will be the tipping point for cloud adoption. The company, in collaboration with security consultancy flyingpenguin, surveyed 200 IT and business professionals within organizations of all sizes and across various industries. The results were interesting, but perhaps not entirely surprising…

The survey found that access to cloud applications is taking place through smartphones (80 percent), tablets (71 percent) and non-company computers (80 percent). However, there are several issues to deal with. Besides the previously mentioned use of shadow IT, 43 percent of respondents noted they manage their passwords on spreadsheets or sticky notes; 34 percent share their passwords with co-workers; and 20 percent find they are still able to log onto their work accounts even after they leave the company. Those are some serious process and security problems…

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