IaaS security concerns worldwide 2019

Globally, 40 percent of respondents from a survey in 2019 state being concerned over encryption of their organizations' data with local key integration. Generally, 91 percent of respondents are concerned over data security of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environments. Infrastructure as a service provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. As reliance on infrastructure as a service grows, so do security concerns among users.

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) security concerns worldwide in 2019

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Encryption of my organization’s data with the ability to store and manage my encryption keys locally	40%
Detailed physical and IT architectural and security implementation information	38%
Specific, written compliance commitments for standards that apply to my organization	37%
Support for hardware security modules (HSMs) - either for local key generation, or as infrastructure for rent in the cloud	37%
Encryption of my organization’s data within the service provider’s infrastructure with keys stored and managed by the service provider	37%
Service level agreements and liability terms for a data breach	36%
Configuration management to properly configure data controls	36%
Support for key management as a service	36%
FIPS level certification of underlying encryption/key management hardware	35%
Exposure of detailed security monitoring for my organization’s implementation	34%
None of the above	9%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 2019

Number of respondents

1,723*

Special properties

executives with responsibility for or influence over IT and data security.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Respondents are executives with responsibility for or influence over IT and data security. Job titles ranged from C-level executives including CEO, CFO, CISO, chief data officer, chief data scientist, chief risk officer, SVP/VP, security analyst, IT administrator, security engineer, systems administrator.

Respondents mostly represented organizations ranging from 500 to 10,000 employees.

Organizations mostly represented industries in healthcare, financial services, technology, retail, and federal government.

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