Bitglass 2019 Cloud Security Report: Only 20 Percent of
Organizations Use Cloud Data Loss Prevention Despite Storing
Sensitive Information in The Cloud
67 Percent of Organizations Believe Cloud Apps Are as Secure as or More Secure Than On-Premises
AppsCAMPBELL, CA – July 17, 2019 – Bitglass, the Next-Gen CASB company, has just released Guardians
of the Cloud, its 2019 Cloud Security Report. As organizations migrate more of their data and operations
to the cloud, they must maintain a robust cybersecurity posture. To uncover how well they are
accomplishing this, Bitglass partnered with a leading cybersecurity community and surveyed IT
professionals about cloud security in their organizations.
Each year, Bitglass conducts research on the state of enterprise cloud security in order to identify key
trends and common vulnerabilities. This year’s report found that 75 percent of organizations leverage
multiple cloud solutions, but only 20 percent have visibility over cross-app anomalous behavior. With
more and more organizations storing sensitive information in the cloud – information like customer data
(45 percent), employee data (42 percent) and intellectual property (24 percent) – adopting proper cloud
security measures is critical.
Key findings:
● Despite a change in their order, the top priorities from 2018 remained top priorities in 2019; this
year, the top three were defending against malware, reaching regulatory compliance and securing
major apps in use.
● The use of CASBs for malware protection has increased from 20 percent in 2018 to 31 percent in
2019.
● Access control (52 percent) and anti-malware (46 percent) are the most-used cloud security
capabilities. However, these and others – like single sign-on (26 percent) and data loss prevention
(20 percent) – are still not deployed often enough.
● Malware has emerged as the most concerning data leakage vector, with 27 percent of
respondents citing it as the number one concern for their organization. Conversely, concern about
leakage through unsanctioned cloud apps fell from 12 percent in 2018 to 5 percent in 2019,
showing that organizations are becoming aware that there are threats greater than shadow IT.
● Cost is the leading concern for organizations evaluating cloud security providers. Other critical
concerns include ease of deployment (46 percent), whether the solution is cloud native (45
percent), the ease with which cross-cloud security policies can be enforced (36 percent) and the
solution’s ability to integrate with various cloud platforms (36 percent).“Data is now being stored in more cloud apps and accessed by more devices than ever before,” said
Rich Campagna, chief marketing officer of Bitglass. “This report found that 93 percent of respondents are
at least moderately concerned about their ability to use the cloud securely, and that the adoption rates of