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Netskope EMEA April Quarterly Cloud Usage Report

Quarterly report on enterprise services sees increase in Webmail DLP violations as organisations expand policy scope beyond cloud storage.


Johannesburg, 10 May 2017

Netskope report reveals more than half of Microsoft Office 365 usage occurs in services other than OneDrive for Business

Netskope, the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of the April 2017 Netskope Cloud Report on enterprise cloud service usage and trends.

According to the report, enterprises now use an average of 903 cloud services. Additionally, Microsoft Office 365 usage continues to rise, as Office 365 becomes a platform and partners integrate the suite with their own external services and apps. Microsoft now makes up 40% of the list of top 20 cloud services, and more than half of usage comes from services other than OneDrive for Business.

Microsoft Office 365: beyond OneDrive for Business

More than half (57%) of Microsoft Office 365 usage comprises services other than OneDrive for Business, including Yammer, Power BI, Dynamics, Outlook.com, SharePoint, and more. Though businesses often focus on putting policies in place for OneDrive alone, sensitive data is also being uploaded, shared and sent through other services in use within the Microsoft Office 365 suite.

"When it comes to cloud security, there is a tendency to emphasise the usage and security of cloud storage. This report shows us that being too focused on cloud storage can lead to a false sense of security," said Sanjay Beri, founder and CEO, Netskope. "It's critical for IT to implement controls that afford both visibility into and control over the use of all cloud services, whether that's in a suite of services like Microsoft Office 365 or those that connect to or integrate with it from external cloud service providers."

Additional findings:

* Cloud services per enterprise continue to rise: This quarter, the average amount of cloud services per enterprise increased to 903, up from 845 last quarter. The report reveals 93.5% of these services are not enterprise ready, down from last quarter's 95%, indicating cloud services may be slowly evolving their security standards.

* Backdoor malware detection declines, but still leads the pack: Data from Netskope Threat Research Labs for this quarter shows that backdoors made up the bulk of cloud malware detections, at 37.1%, down from 43.2% last quarter. Following backdoors, adware was at 14.3%, and Microsoft Office macros at 6%. Other category percentages are as follows: Javascript made up 5.8% of detections, ransomware 4.2%, mobile 1.5%, PDF exploits 1%, and all others 22.7%. The percentage of malware-infected files was 9.3%, down from 26.5% last quarter.

* Webmail pulls ahead of cloud storage in DLP violations: For the first time, Webmail beat out cloud storage in top DLP violations. With 39.94% of violations from Webmail and 38.96% from cloud storage, the data shows services outside of cloud storage are a threat vector to watch (with DLP policies even being set for collaboration services like Slack). DLP violations by activity stayed similar to last quarter, with uploads leading at 48.5%, followed by send at 25.2%, download at 24.4%, and other (including view) at 1.9%.

Average cloud services per enterprise by category

Similarly to last quarter, the technology and IT services industry had the highest average amount of cloud services used, at 866. Following retail was healthcare and life sciences with 840, financial services, banking, and insurance with 797, and retail and manufacturing with 793 and 689, respectively, both with a slight decrease from last quarter.

Within cloud service categories, marketing services led with an average of 81, followed by HR at 72. And, as with previous quarters, the percentage that are not enterprise-ready has held steady at the respective numbers. With the rise of cloud malware and hackers compromising organisations from cloud services, granular controls and inspecting traffic from all locations (whether on-premises or off), devices, and apps (sync clients and native mobile apps included) for threats will be critical.

Service category

Average # cloud services

% not enterprise-ready

Marketing

81

97%

HR

72

95%

Collaboration

68

88%

Finance/accounting

57

96%

CRM/SFA

45

94%

Software development

44

96%

Social

35

92%

Productivity

31

94%

Cloud storage

29

76%

IT service/application management

26

98%

Netskope resources

* Download the Netskope Cloud Report for more detailed analysis and to see the full list of the most widely used cloud services by enterprise.
* Learn more about how to gain visibility into enterprise cloud services and how to ensure they are secure and compliant.
* Visit the Netskope Hub for the latest commentary and insight on trends from the Netskope team.

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Netskope is the leader in cloud security. Using patented technology, Netskope's cloud-scale security platform provides context-aware governance of all cloud usage in the enterprise in real-time, whether accessed from the corporate network, remote, or from a mobile device. This means that security professionals can understand risky activities, protect sensitive data, stop online threats, and respond to incidents in a way that fits how people work today. With granular security policies, the most advanced cloud DLP, and unmatched breadth of workflows, Netskope is trusted by the largest companies in the world. Netskope - cloud with confidence. To learn more, visit Netskope's Web site.

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Private Protocol is a data security provider offering solutions and strategies that cover mobile device and information security, secure data collaboration, secure messaging, SharePoint/O365 security and compliance, data classification, file share security and compliance, Web content compliance, data leakage prevention, endpoint security and cloud security. Private Protocol also offers data risk assessments so companies can understand where their data resides, where their data is going, who is using it and what devices are connecting to the network. Private Protocol covers Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands and also has a distribution partner channel.

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