Data proliferation creates risks as personal app usage continues to grow within the enterprise

Enterprise cloud app usage has continued to grow and has already grown by 35% since early 2022, with an average enterprise of 500-2,000 users uploading, creating, sharing or storing data in 138 different apps and using an average of 1,558 different clouds apps each Month.

That's according to Netskope, a Security Service Edge (SSE) and Zero Trust specialist, who has published new research detailing the proliferation of cloud apps being used in enterprises worldwide.

The Netskope Cloud and Threat Report: Cloud Data Sprawl revealed that more than one in five (22%) users upload, create, share or store data in personal apps and personal instances using Gmail, WhatsApp, Google Drive, Facebook, WeTransfer and LinkedIn as the most popular personal apps and instances.

A personal app like WhatsApp is an app that only sees personal usage from personal accounts. A personal instance is a personal account of an app that...

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