Elastica conducted an exhaustive analysis of over 100 million customer files in order to better understand how employees use (and often abuse) files stored in file sharing apps. The data in this infographic presentation has been anonymized and aggregated and, for the first time ever, sheds some much-needed light on typical file sharing behaviors, the nature of the data being shared, and the possible consequences of file sharing data breaches for organizations like yours.

1. 7 Deadly Sins of Managing File Sharing
Apps

2. Deadly Sin #1
Not Knowing How Many Files Are Exposed
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

3. Deadly Sin #2
Not Knowing Which Shared Files Contain
Compliance Related Data
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

4. Deadly Sin #3
Not Knowing What Kind of Sensitive Data
May Be Exposed
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

5. Deadly Sin #4
Not Knowing What Files are Shared by
External Users With Internal Users
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

6. Deadly Sin #5
Not Knowing Who the Offenders Are
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

7. Deadly Sin #6
Not Knowing Which User Accounts May
Have Been Compromised

8. Deadly Sin #7
Not Being Able to Efficiently Remediate
or Stop Violations
Statistics based on real customer data from Elastica’s CloudSOC™ platform.
The data has been aggregated and anonymized.

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