Top 10 fears of moving data to the cloud

March 31, 2016 | By

As the cloud expands, many enterprises are hesitant to make the leap to moving their data to the cloud and utilities are no different. The most pressing concern? Security.

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But what exactly are they worried about?

HexaTier may have some of the answers in a research paper identifying the top 10 security concerns preventing enterprise organizations from moving their sensitive information to the cloud.

The top 10 security concerns are:

  1. Safety of data storage
  2. DBaaS (database as a service) providers can access data
  3. Physical location of the production data and backup data
  4. External users can access the database
  5. DBaaS regulatory compliance
  6. DDoS and performance attacks on the database
  7. Hidden sensitive data
  8. SQL injection attacks
  9. Data theft by authorized users
  10. Neighbor tenants can access data

"Enterprises understand the value the cloud offers; nearly half of the companies we surveyed are already evaluating or using DBaaS providers," said Dan Dinnar, CEO, HexaTier.  "Yet, they need to find new ways to secure their data and comply with regulations."

For more:
- download the report

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