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Eliminating the Digital Divide in Life Sciences, Part 3: The Truth About Cloud Security

June 5, 2019 by MATTHEW M. LOWE
Three-quarters of life sciences CIOs and IT execs say security risks are main reason for opposing cloud technologies

 

Eliminating the Digital Divide in Life Sciences, Part 3: The Truth About Cloud Security

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While most business sectors have welcomed the efficiencies and benefits that cloud technologies and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings bring, the life sciences industry has been slow to embrace external cloud networks. Merely a decade ago, in fact, an International Data Corp. survey showed that 75 percent of CIOs and IT executives in life sciences and healthcare fields surveyed said that security risks were their primary reason for opposing cloud technologies. Cloud-averse attitudes are slow to change, and industry research shows that companies that manage health information continue to show major resistance to cloud technology.

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