Dig Security, the cloud data security leader, today released findings from its first-ever State of Cloud Data Security 2023 Report. The analysis of more than 13 billion files stored in public cloud environments reveals how – and why – sensitive data is at risk in the modern enterprise.
"Many organizations handle sensitive customer and corporate data too casually. Our goal in developing the State of Cloud Data Security 2023 Report is to drive awareness over how users engage with sensitive data in today's working environments, and expose corresponding risks," said Dan Benjamin, CEO and Co-founder, Dig Security. "To protect data wherever it lives, modern enterprises must build a comprehensive data security stack, including a Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution with real-time Data Detection and Response (DDR) capabilities."
Dig's researchers found that more than 30% of cloud data assets contain sensitive information. Personal identifiable information (PII) is the most common sensitive data type that organizations save. In a sample data set of 1 billion records, more than 10 million social security numbers were found (the sixth most common type of sensitive information), followed by almost 3 million credit card numbers, the seventh most common type.