Is Data Storage in the Cloud less safe than On-Premise?

Find out in a recent study called:
The future of legacy application data and the cloud.

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So is the Cloud less safe than On-Premise?

Read on: Why is data storage trending away from the traditional on-premises

environment towards cloud environments and do we feel safe going in that direction? In the coming years, tech leaders will have to strategically plan how they transition legacy application data to the cloud to maintain security, regulatory compliance, scalability, legal defensibility, and usability.

Pulse and Archive360 surveyed 200 enterprise technology executives to find out if they are prioritizing the transition of legacy app data to the cloud, what barriers and drivers are associated with this transition, and where SaaS-based vendors fit into the conversation.

8 out of 10 tech leaders are prioritizing a

move of their legacy app data to the

cloud in the next 12 months

Only 35% of enterprise tech executives store more than half their legacy app data on the cloud.

How much of your legacy app data is

currently on the cloud versus on-prem?

48%

25 - 50%

33%

51 - 75%

17%

<25%

76 - 100%

But the majority of tech leaders (80.5%) are prioritizing a move to the cloud for their legacy app data in the next 12 months. Only 5% don’t consider such a move a priority at all.

To what extent is moving your legacy app data

to the cloud a priority for your business?

Not a priority at all

It’s a priority in <3 months

It’s a priority in >24 months 9.5%

It’s a priority in

13 to 24 months

35.5%

It’s a priority in the

next 7 to 12 months

40%

It’s a priority in 3 to 6 months

The top 3 barriers to moving legacy app data to the cloud are concerns around regulations and compliance (60%), concerns around infrastructure and info security (55%), and uncertainty about budget requirements (51%).

What are the top 3 barriers to moving legacy

app data to the cloud in your organization?

Concerns around data regulations and compliance, including global privacy regulations

Concerns around infrastructure and information security

Unsure of budget requirements for cloud adoption, i.e., total cost of ownership and cloud adoption ROI

Volume and complexity of

data. i.e., structured and

unstructured data

Lack of technical

resources and/or talent

Lack of complete ownership/

control of app data

Questions around cloud information management capabilities, including granular retention, defensible disposition, eDiscovery/legal hold, and security

Other

60%

55%

51%

50%

45%

18%

The transition of legacy app data to the

cloud is being driven by regulatory

compliance and could be further influenced by certain benefits and features

For nearly half of tech leaders (46%), regulatory compliance is the top reason for retiring legacy apps and archiving data to the cloud.

If your organization has considered retiring your legacy

applications and archiving your legacy data to the

cloud, what is the top reason for this strategy?

Other

Litigation preparedness 8.5%

Business intelligence/ analytics

38.5%

Cost savings

46%

Regulatory compliance

As for features and benefits that would most influence their organization to move legacy app data to the cloud, more than half of tech executives cited integrated migration of data and legacy archives (66%), centrally managed archiving of all data (59%), and data security and encryption (59%).

Which of the following features and benefits would

most influence your organization to move your legacy

app data to the cloud?

Integrated migration of

data and legacy archives

Centrally managed archiving of all data, including Office 365

Data security and

encryption

Advanced records

management

AI-powered regulatory and compliance checking

Fast and accurate

centralized search

Other

66%

59%

41%

40%

31%

Overall, cloud adoption has been

accelerated by security concerns but few are actively managing all cloud-stored data

42% of tech executives report that cyberattacks and concerns over cyber security and ransomware attacks have accelerated their organization’s plans to adopt the cloud. 46% are continuing to adopt at the same pace.

To what extent have cyberattacks or concerns with

cyber security/ransomware attacks impacted your

organization’s plans to fully adopt the cloud?

46%

33%

Accelerated

adoption slightly to the cloud

Accelerated

adoption significantly to the cloud

Adopting at the

same pace

Slowed down our cloud adoption

Stalled our cloud adoption

We are not planning to fully adopt the cloud

Only 3% of tech executives have 76-100% of all their cloud-stored data actively managed by an archive or other information management application.

How much of your data currently stored in the cloud is actively

managed by an archive or other information management

application versus just stored in a cloud subscription such as

Microsoft’s OneDrive, Box, or the Google cloud?

9% 46% 33% 3% <25% 25 - 50% 51 - 75% 76 - 100%

SaaS-based vendors aren’t meeting all security requirements

Over 90% of respondents say their SaaS-based vendors don’t meet all their company’s security requirements.

What percentage of your SaaS-based vendors

meet all of your company’s security requirements?

2021

48.5%

35% 51 - 75% 25 - 50%

7% <25%

9.5%

76 - 100%

More than a third (37%) of tech leaders say they have had to make a security policy exception for one or more of their SaaS-based vendors.

To your knowledge, have you ever had to make a

security policy exception for one or more existing

SaaS-based vendors?

2021

37% Yes

53.5% No

9.5% Unsure

Additionally, more than one-quarter (27.5%) of tech leaders’ data that is stored by a SaaS based vendor has been involved in a cyber attack. Over 1 in 10 are not sure if they have been involved in a cyber attack.

To the best of your knowledge, has your data

stored by a SaaS-based vendor been involved in a

cyber attack?

27.5% Yes

62% No

10.5% Unsure

Despite these concerns, 79% of tech leaders say their confidence in their SaaS-based vendors to protect their data has increased over the past year.

How has your confidence in your SaaS-based

vendor to protect your data changed over the last

12 months?

1% 0%

Significantly

1.5%

Significantly

increased

38%

Moderately increased

decreased Moderately decreased 2%

Slightly decreased

18%

No change

39.5%

Slightly increased

Going forward with SaaS vendors, almost all tech leaders (96.5%) agree their team will require more customization of security protocols running outside their data storage solution.

SaaS vendors offer one-size-fits-all security, but there is

a movement towards “security customization.” To what

extent do you agree that, in the future, your team will

require more customization of security protocols for

applications running outside your data storage solution?

2021

78.5%

Agree

18%

Strongly agree

3.5%

Disagree

Strongly disagree

At Archive360, we’re on a mission to help organizations migrate their growing volumes of data to the cloud, and securely and responsibly manage it there for today’s regulatory, legal and business intelligence obligations.

Our enterprise information management, governance and archiving platform is trusted by businesses and government agencies worldwide to bring security, control, context, governance and compliance and cost controls to digital transformation and cloud adoption. This is achieved through secure onboarding, classification, access, retention/disposition, legal discovery and management of data including files, videos, and emails.

Archive360 is a global organization that delivers its solutions both directly and through a worldwide network of partners. Archive360 is a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider, and the Archive2AzureTM solution is Microsoft Azure Certified.

To learn more, please visit www.archive360.com.

Respondent Breakdown

Location

77%

North

America

9.5%

APAC

13.5%

EMEA

C-Suite 34.5%

Title Company Size

Director

VP 37%

28.5%

5,001 - 10,000 employees

48%

52%

10,001+

employees

Data collected from May 10 - June 14, 2021 Respondents: 200 Enterprise technology executives