Back in , entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen wrote about how software impacts nearly all areas of modern life. Software delivered over the Internet, referred to as the cloud, is not just changing how people listen to music, rent movies, and share photos.

Studies have shown that businesses taking advantage of productivity-enhancing cloud services grow Similar to previous shifts in technology, such as the rise of the PC and the Internet, the cloud creates new and significant concerns among business leaders about the potential for headline-making security incidents.

What makes our report unique is that we base our findings on actual usage data for over 30 million users worldwide, across over enterprises who use Skyhigh CASB. Across industries, organizations must protect different types of sensitive information from cyber attacks and accidental disclosure.

They increasingly store this sensitive data in the cloud. Cloud-based file sharing and collaboration services such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint Online are popular. While they initially offered users the ability to synchronize their files across devices, many of these services are now full-fledgedx collaboration platforms that enable users to share files and edit the same file with other people around the world in real time. Get the definitive guide to cloud adoption and risk based on usage from over 30 million users worldwide.

The number of cloud-related threats hit an all-time high last quarter. The average number of monthly incidents per organization reached Broken down by category, these threats include insider threats both accidental and malicious , privileged user threats, compromised accounts, and attacks that leverage the cloud as a vector for data exfiltration.

Virtually every organization experiences at least one cloud-based threat each month. The average organization today generates over 2. With this volume of data, it would be impossible to manually search through an audit trail of user activity to identify potential threats.

In response, organizations are investing in user and entity behavior analytics UEBA tools, which us machine learning to identify anamalous events against the background noise of everyday activity.

More cloud services launch every week and the percentage of cloud services that are enterprise ready increased slightly this quarter. The average organization now uses 1, cloud services, an increase of The year-over-year growth in the number of services used by the average enterprise increased slightly from Enterprise cloud services account for Broken down by industry, there are clear trends in both the variety of cloud services used by organizations and users as well as the volume of data uploaded each month.

Technology companies use a wider variety of cloud services than any other industry, with the average company using 2, distinct cloud services.

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Government agencies use the fewest cloud services, on average, at just per agency. Collaboration continues to be the category with the greatest variety of cloud services in use by a wide margin. The average organization uses distinct collaboration services, followed by 76 file sharing services and 67 development services. Enterprises are moving an increasing number of home-grown cloud services they had previously deployed in their data centers and private clouds to the public cloud.

As an early pioneer in infrastructure as a service IaaS , Amazon maintains the highest market share. However, in the past two years, Microsoft Azure has rapidly emerged as a major player in the public cloud infrastructure market.

As enterprises begin to take control of their cloud usage, one of the steps they take is categorizing services into groups based on their risk to the organization. Approved services account for 5.

Permitted services make up They are introduced by employees and business units; however, they have business value and, with appropriate security controls, can be used without introducing an unacceptable level of risk.

The final governance category implemented by enterprises, "Not Allowed", includes cloud services deemed too risky for corporate use. They account for Since the only function of such service is to convert a file to a PDF, it would not make sense to enable the service in read-only mode. There are three primary causes for this gap: Beyond usage, one way to look at the cloud services that are most endorsed for enterprise use is by looking at the governance policies companies implement.

We also looked at cloud services that have the highest percentage of enterprises that categorize them as prohibited for corporate use. Three of the top ten are PDF converters and another service resizes images. Two are BitTorrent services, which are frequently used to share pirated movies, music, and software.

Microsoft delivers 5 of the top 20 services. Consumer cloud applications accounted for Social media, content sharing and collaboration services dominate the top 20 list. OneDrive emerged as the leading file sharing service this quarter for the first time, displacing Google Drive in enterprise user count.

This quarter, WeTransfer surpassed ShareFile to take the 5th spot on the list and MediaFire joined the top 10 for the first time. Microsoft Office continues to dominate the list of cloud-based collaboration platforms.

Skype overtook Gmail for the second position in the rankings.

Slack appears on the top 10 list for the second time, ascending to the 9th position this quarter, displacing Wunderlist. Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin still dominate the social media category. Tumblr has continued to drive active users following its acquisition by Yahoo! Several services are not based in the United States, including VK Russia , Sina Weibo and Qzone China , and XING Germany.

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Cloud Computing Trends The definitive guide to threats, opportunities, and trends in cloud adoption Download Report. The transformative impact of cloud adoption Back in , entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen wrote about how software impacts nearly all areas of modern life. Sensitive data in the cloud by file type Across industries, organizations must protect different types of sensitive information from cyber attacks and accidental disclosure. When sharing is erring Cloud-based file sharing and collaboration services such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint Online are popular.

Get the Full Report Get the definitive guide to cloud adoption and risk based on usage from over 30 million users worldwide. Internal and external threats The number of cloud-related threats hit an all-time high last quarter.

The cloud threat funnel The average organization today generates over 2. Usage trends More cloud services launch every week and the percentage of cloud services that are enterprise ready increased slightly this quarter. Usage by industry Broken down by industry, there are clear trends in both the variety of cloud services used by organizations and users as well as the volume of data uploaded each month.

Cloud usage by category Collaboration continues to be the category with the greatest variety of cloud services in use by a wide margin. The IaaS Triumvirate Enterprises are moving an increasing number of home-grown cloud services they had previously deployed in their data centers and private clouds to the public cloud. Approved and permitted services Approved services account for 5. Blocked services The final governance category implemented by enterprises, "Not Allowed", includes cloud services deemed too risky for corporate use.

Top 10 most-approved cloud services Beyond usage, one way to look at the cloud services that are most endorsed for enterprise use is by looking at the governance policies companies implement.

Top 10 most-outlawed cloud services We also looked at cloud services that have the highest percentage of enterprises that categorize them as prohibited for corporate use.

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Top 20 enterprise cloud services In Q3, Top 20 consumer cloud services Consumer cloud applications accounted for Top 10 file sharing services OneDrive emerged as the leading file sharing service this quarter for the first time, displacing Google Drive in enterprise user count. Top 10 cloud collaboration services Microsoft Office continues to dominate the list of cloud-based collaboration platforms. Top 10 social media services Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin still dominate the social media category.

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