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title: Use the Cloud? You're More Vulnerable to Data Breaches
description: Data breaches that occur with information in the Cloud can be more damaging and cost more to remediate.
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# [Use the Cloud? You're More Vulnerable to Data Breaches](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/use-the-cloud-youre-more-vulnerable-to-data-breaches)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | Oct 17, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

Data breaches that occur with information in the Cloud can be more damaging and cost more to remediate.

[Infosecurity Magazine Explains:](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloud-service-adoption-leads-data/)

> That’s according to a Netskope [study](https://resources.netskope.com/h/i/294303792-cloud-malware-and-data-breaches-infographic) conducted in partnership with Ponemon Institute. The survey found that when respondents were asked to estimate the likelihood of a data breach, they said that the growing use of cloud services (SaaS) and the increase in backup and storage of confidential data in the cloud is most likely to cause a data breach in the cloud.
> 
> Almost 90% believe an increase of cloud services usage of 50% within the next year will increase the probability of a data breach. The same percentage agree a 50% increase in backup and storage of sensitive information in the cloud would also increase the probability of a data breach.
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> Early cloud adopters are still skeptical: Only a third believe their cloud service providers enable security technologies to protect and secure sensitive or confidential information, and only 37% believe cloud apps are in full compliance with privacy and data protection regulation and law. 

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