The document discusses statistics on cloud usage in enterprises. It finds that on average enterprises use over 700 cloud services, far more than IT departments expect. It also finds that employees frequently use consumer cloud services for work purposes and often store sensitive corporate data in these services. The document warns that data breaches in consumer services can therefore also expose corporate data and that malware threats are prevalent, especially during work hours. It provides recommendations for enterprises to better control and secure their cloud usage.

1. THE QUIET
REVOLUTION
12 Must-Know Statistics on
Cloud Usage in the Enterprise

2. The cloud is a transformational shift
in technology and it’s being led by
rank and file employees

3. 10 TIMESmore than what IT expects
THAT’S OVER
68known
services
670
unknown
services
The average company uses
738 cloud services...

4. Companies have adopted a new
generation of applications in the
cloud to grow their business

5. TOP 20
ENTERPRISE
CLOUD
SERVICES
1. Amazon Web Services
2. Office 365
3. Salesforce
4. Cisco Webex
5. Box
6. Yammer
7. ServiceNow
8. SuccessFactors
9. Adobe Echosign
10. LivePerson
11. Concur
12. Workday
13. MSDN
14. SAS On Demand
15. Github
16. Zendesk
17. Informatica Cloud
18. Ariba
19. Host Analytics
20. Intralinks

6. But employees are also bringing
many consumer services to work
with them

7. 1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Apple iCloud
4. Youtube
5. LinkedIn
6. Dropbox
7. Gmail
8. Google Docs
9. Pinterest
10. Instagram
11. Sina Weibo
12. Tumblr
13. Prezi
14. Yahoo Mail
15. Flickr
16. Evernote
17. Photobucket
18. Myspace
19. Shutterfly
20. VK
in the workplace
TOP 20
CONSUMER
CLOUD
SERVICES

8. 1. Office 365
2. Gmail
3. Cisco Webex
4. Google Docs
5. Prezi
6. Yahoo Mail
7. Yammer
8. Evernote
9. Intralinks
10. Clearslide
1. Dropbox
2. Google Drive
3. Box
4. OneDrive
5. eFolder
6. Yandex.disk
7. Goodsync
8. Solidfiles
9. Sharefile
10. 4Shared
TOP
SERVICES
by category
FILE SHARING COLLABORATION SOCIAL MEDIA
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Linkedin
4. Sina Weibo
5. Tumblr
6. Myspace
7. VK
8. LiveJournal
9. Renren
10. Foursquare

9. Employees put many types of
sensitive information in the cloud:
• Customer data: credit cards, Social Security numbers, and credit history
• Employee data: Social Security numbers and bank accounts
• Financial data: revenue, bookings, and profit margins
• Sales data: customer contacts, opportunities, and forecasts
• Intellectual property: source code, product designs, and algorithms

10. 2013 2014
AOL
1,196
Due to password reuse, even breaches in consumer
services impact corporate data in enterprise services
ebay
15,800
Evernote
2,081
Adobe
19,386
Tweetdeck
5,060
Facebook
27,802
Average # of employees using services at company

11. Financial
Healthcare
High Tech
Manufacturing
Media
Oil & Gas
Utility
23
58
29
63
41
193
13
36
35
42
30
48
8
6
Malware incidents
Data exfiltration events

12. And malware never sleeps...

13. 987 2,157
Malware Anomalies by Time of Day
WORK HOURS
8AM-8PM
OFF-WORK HOURS
8PM-8AM

14. Last quarter
the average company uploaded
86.5 GB
to high-risk services

15. File Sharing
4.04%
Web Conferencing
4.81%
Slidesharing
6.07%
Photo Sharing
7.85%
Video Sharing
40.06%
Here are some of the top
destinations for that data

16. Tip to protect your data:
Know which services are high-risk
so you can apply access policies
of data uploaded to high-risk cloud
services went to services miscategorized
by URL categorization services
63%

17. Enterprises are beginning to take
control of cloud by coaching users
onto low-risk services

18. 2013 Q3 2014 Q22013 Q4 2014 Q1
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
CLOUD SERVICES
IN USE BY COMPANY
759
738
626
545

19. Download the Full Report
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top cloud services,
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CLOUD ADOPTION
& RISK REPORT
Q2 2014
Published Q3 2014