The Outbreak of the Dropbox Syndrome

77% of organizations do not provide secure document sharing/mobile access solutions for their employees. As a result, 85% of organizations use insecure file sharing tools such as DropBox, Box.net, YouSendlt, USB Drives, THE OUTBREAK OF Dropbox SYNDROME Plain-text E-mail attachments, and more. THE MOST COMMON METHODS IT DIRECTORS ARE CONCERNED OF REPORTED THEFT/LOSS Dropbox 57% 90% 70% 65% of organizations feel that accessing of organizations have experienced a leakage or loss of confidential documents in the last of organizations are concerned that Public Drive documents via mobile 62% unauthorized persons may access their devices and tablets post a significant security risk. 12 months. secure documents. USB Drives 68% WHICH INFORMATION IS AT RISK? (Each lock equates to 2 percent.) Customer/Consumer AAAAAA A A AAA A € 25% Email Attachments 24% Employee 71% 13% 12% Legal & Compliance Research & Development Sales 10% WHAT ARE ORGANIZATIONS Finance & Accounting 6% SPENDING ON IT SECURITY Average IT Security Budget LAWS AND REGULATIONS YOU MAY VIOLATE BY USING CLOUD STORAGE Liable for Compliance of Cloud Storage Provider Public Cloud Regulation Storage Legality SOx/J-SOX No Guidance Yes $6.73M GLBA No Guidance Yes PCI No Guidance Yes FERPA (US) No Guidance Yes 30% $2.01M 4th Amendment (US) Unclear N/A of Avg. IT Security Budget Avg. Data Protection Budget FRCP 26(a) No N/A FSA (UK) No Guidance Yes Law Society (UK) Banned N/A 23% Monetary Authority (Singapore) Banned N/A $470K APRA, ASIC (Australia) No Guidance Yes of Avg Data Protection Avg. Document Protection Budget Budget Data Protection Directive (EU) Restricted Yes WatchDox Source: Ponemon Institute © 2012 WatchDox, Inc. All Rights Reserved. wwwwatchdox.com