IBM Finds Cloud Security is a Concern- Big Shock?

So the last couple of years has been a colossal disaster for the reputation of cloud security. Every level of user has heard about users just like them, that have had a significant data screw up. Snowden and the NSA, Dropbox's leak, and the latest iCloud malarkey (both the celebrity leak and now everything going on in China), just to name a few.

All in all, things are not looking good.

Yet, the cloud has become an inevitability. The evolution of technology and the internet has made it that it is extremely difficult to avoid using cloud services. And really, why should you want to. The benefits of cloud has been proven time an again across almost every industry to improve things like: efficiency, reliability and costs. Many services have been vastly improved and streamlined with the help of cloud computing.

This morning, I read an article on USA Today that mentions a survey taken by technology giant IBM, that was focused on cloud security concerns. Their findings showed that 44% of corporate security leaders have concerns about cloud security, and believe a significant breach is about to happen. The article is generally quite positive, and ends with how IBM is going to 'save the day' with their latest cloud security offering.

What I found quite surprising about this, is that the concern is expressed by only 44%. With everything that has happened in the last year, it makes you wonder if these security leaders are following leaping to the cloud with blind faith, or if they are just really ignorant on the matter. I really can't decide which is worse.

Now don't get me wrong, I am an avid supporter of the cloud. I am extremely optimistic about the next wave of evolution (namely the integration of the internet of thing into our lives.) But, I feel that the industry has a long was to go in a few key areas. Security is number on in this. The lack of acknowledgement towards the areas where we are weakest, leaves us most vulnerable to fail.

If anyone actually reads this- please let me know if you agree/disagree in the comments below!