Clouds and security: Doubts remain

A survey of IT managers in the United States and United Kingdom, conducted by Mimecast, shows high interest in clouds among IT managers, though they have lingering concerns about security.

• Organizations now using some form of cloud computing: 56 percent
• Adopters who say clouds improve security: 57 percent
• Biggest concerns among those not yet using clouds: Security and costs
• Those who say storing data outside the organization is a risk: 62 percent
  
• U.S. organizations considering new cloud services: 70 percent