Companies today connect to over 1,500 business partners on average through cloud services, including partners for heating/cooling, advertising, pest control, events, airlines, and systems integrators. To protect themselves, companies should reduce data uploaded to high-risk partners, enforce strong unique passwords, follow least privilege access, and monitor partner connections for compromise signs.

1. COMPANIES TODAY
CONNECT TO A
CONSTELLATION
OF BUSINESS
PARTNERS
Heating
and
Cooling
Advertising
Agencies
Pest
Control
Corporate
Events
Airlines
Systems
Integrators

2. THE AVERAGE COMPANY CONNECTS TO
1,555 BUSINESS PARTNERS
VIA THE CLOUD

5. HERE’S HOW TO
PROTECT YOURSELF

6. Reduce data uploaded to high-risk
business partners

7. Additional steps to reduce risk
ü Enforce strong, unique passwords for partners
ü Use the principle of “least privilege” for access
ü Monitor partner connections for signs of compromise