- 13.6 percent of enterprise users have had their account credentials compromised
- 70 percent of uploads to cloud apps by people with compromised accounts are to apps rated “poor” in terms of enterprise-readiness
- More than a quarter of organizations have more than 1,000 cloud apps in use
LOS ALTOS, Calif. – April 14, 2015 – Netskope, the leader in safe cloud enablement, today released the April 2015 Netskope Cloud Report™ that monitors enterprise cloud app usage and trends. The report details the continued impact of compromised cloud app credentials to enterprises.
The report found that more than seven out of ten uploads from users with compromised accounts are to apps with a “poor” rating in the Netskope Cloud Confidence Index*. Additionally, 23.6 percent of logins to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) apps come from compromised accounts. Cloud app usage continues to grow across enterprise organizations; the report found that more than 25 percent of organizations in the Netskope Cloud use more than 1,000 apps.
The average number of cloud apps (both sanctioned and unsanctioned) continued to grow: organizations now use an average of 730 cloud apps. This represents a 16 percent increase from the previous quarter. Nine out of every ten apps in use today are not enterprise ready, scoring a “medium” or below in the Netskope Cloud Confidence IndexTM (CCI). Also, according to Netskope’s study, 13.6 percent of app users have had their account credentials compromised.
“While there’s a more common understanding and acceptance of ‘shadow IT’ across organizations, there’s a corresponding rise in the volume of unsanctioned cloud apps in use,” said Sanjay Beri, CEO and founder, Netskope. “This should give IT pause, but it’s not a cause for mass panic. Like it or not, this is the new reality for IT; it’s thus critical that organizations maintain a deep level of visibility and governance over their cloud app infrastructure so they can spot and mitigate a suspicious pattern before it becomes an issue.”
Top 10 Most Popular Cloud App Categories
In addition to the consumer and prosumer apps that organizations expect to find in use (such as Twitter, Dropbox, and Evernote) line of business apps are most prevalent within organizations. Marketing remains the most prevalent category; however, nearly all marketing apps rate at a “medium” or