Companies are using hundreds of sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud services, and while they help employees do their jobs, that can present some risk to the company. Find out the top 20 cloud services, fastest growing services, the Cloud Enforcement Gap, and more. To download the full report visit http://www.skyhighnetworks.com/cloud-report/

1. THE DATA
FACTORY
12 Essential Facts on
Enterprise Cloud
Usage & Risk

2. The cloud is growing exponentially

3. AND 33% OF COMPANIES HAVE A
“FULL STEAM AHEAD”
attitude toward cloud adoption
Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey “Cloud Adoption Practices and Priorities”

4. They’re investing heavily in
enterprise-grade cloud services

5. TOP 20
ENTERPRISE
CLOUD
SERVICES
1. Amazon Web Services
2. Microsoft Office 365
3. Salesforce
4. Cisco WebEx
5. Concur
6. ServiceNow
7. Box
8. LivePerson
9. Zendesk
10. Yammer
11.
BMC Service
Management
12. Workday
13. OpenText BPM
14. OneDrive
15. GoToMeeting
16. NetSuite
17. SuccessFactors
18. SAS OnDemand
19. Oracle Taleo
20. Host Analytics

6. Meanwhile, there’s an explosion of
apps employees are bringing to work
with them

7. Meanwhile, there’s an explosion of
apps employees are bringing to work
with them
This is called

8. 72% of companies don’t
of companies don’t
know the scope of
know the scope of
Shadow IT in their
in their organizations,
organizations, but
but want to know
want to know
Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey
“Cloud Adoption Practices and Priorities”

9. Consumer services may have a
legitimate business use for some
employees, but in many instances
their use is unsanctioned

10. TOP 20
CONSUMER
CLOUD
SERVICES
in the workplace
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. YouTube
4. Linkedin
5. Pinterest
6. Gmail
7. Instagram
8. Tumblr
9. Flickr
10. Myspace
11. Dropbox
12. Yahoo! Mail
13. Apple iCloud
14. Google Drive
15. Photobucket
16. Spotify
17. Shutterfly
18. Slideshare
19. Smugmug
20. VK

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12. While many cloud services drive
productivity and growth in the
business, not all of them are secure

13. In response,
IT tries to block them

14. However, you may not be
blocking these apps as effectively
as you think…

15. CLOUD ENFORCEMENT GAP
Apple iCloud
Dropbox
Facebook
Instagram
Netflix
Pandora
Skype
Tumblr
Twitter
YouTube
The gap between
what companies
think they’re blocking
and the actual
block rates
Intended Block Rate
Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey “Cloud
Adoption Practices and Priorities” and Skyhigh Networks
80%
50%
48%
Cloud Enforcement Gap
40%
35%
40%
50%
45%
35%
40%
Actual Block Rate
21%
31%
4%
4%
3%
9%
7%
3%
11%
17%

16. Even if you want to block certain
apps, it can be difficult to say no

17. 49% Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey “Cloud
of IT professionals said they had
been pressured into approving
an unsecure app
Adoption Practices and Priorities”

18. And even secure, sanctioned cloud
services can be used in risky ways

19. Just 17%
of companies surveyed
reported an insider threat
incident in the last year
perception
NO 52%
NOT SURE 31%
YES 17%
Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey “Cloud
Adoption Practices and Priorities” and Skyhigh Networks
Have you had an
INSIDER THREAT
INCIDENT?

20. Just 17%
of companies surveyed
reported an insider threat
incident in the last year
Have you had an
INSIDER THREAT
INCIDENT?
But 85%
of companies actually had
an insider threat
perception reality
Source: 2014 Cloud Security Alliance Survey “Cloud
Adoption Practices and Priorities” and Skyhigh Networks
YES
85%
NO 52%
NOT SURE 31%
YES 17%

21. There will always be outliers, like this
actual employee who may be the
world’s worst cloud user

22. INTRODUCING THE CLOUD’S
DR. EVIL
(actual name changed to protect the accused)
This employee used 182 high-risk
cloud services at work, and uploaded
data to each of these:
SERVICE CATEGORY DATA UPLOAD RISK LEVEL
SourceForge
LiveLeak
4Shared
Codehaus
ZippyShare
Development
Social Media
File Sharing
Development
File Sharing
9.3 GB
557.7 MB
2.6 GB
199.6 MB
3.0 GB
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH

23. The good news is you can make
progress by focusing on the top
destinations of corporate data

24. Box
Dropbox
YouTube
Microsoft Office 365
Jive
Cisco WebEx
Facebook
Salesforce
Gmail
Apple iCloud
Google Drive
23%
11%
9%
7%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
4%
3%
80%
OF DATA GOES TO
JUST 11
CLOUD SERVICES

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CLOUD ADOPTION
& RISK REPORT
Q3 2014
Published Q4 2014
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