How was that not expected? Give people somewhere to stick files that they don’t want to lose because of a hard drive crash or computer malfunction. Files that they absolutely want backed up somewhere not locally. Files that they may want to get access to while not at home… All those are going to be things like taxes, receipts, medical forms and data, scans of important documents, etc. like, that’s the point.
The article is specifically about Business Workspace accounts. The concerning part was that then about 1/3 of the sensitive files were externally shared.
To be honest, the article reads like blogspam for an up-and-coming cyber security newsletter. The “report” is just marketing for a data governance software company.
People putting sensitive documents on their personal Google drive isn’t much of a risk if they follow best security practices securing their Google account.
We share loads of shit externally that are private, but the people we share them with are the people it is relevant too so that stát doesn’t do much.
If I show recruitment information to the recruiters we hire that is an external share of private information.
The other 60% were found to be Linux isos.
I would say don’t trust free services in general. There are plenty of paid service providers that handle your data well.
Right, Google isn’t one to trust. So paid services and clear data handling practices.
If I want my files highly available and open for collaboration, I’d trust Google’s security over rolling my own.
This article just reads as an ad for the scanning company.
Also, while it’s possibly true, it’s based off seriously small sample sizes.
And sampling bias.
Plus they pick and choose numbers for a more drastic headline. “Sensitive” data is a very broad category, I don’t know what criteria they used but that could be as little as someone’s name being mentioned with a “todo” note. The quarter of a percent mentioned as having a “critical” issue I venture is closer to what most people think of when they read the title. Infosec consultants have a bad habit of inflating numbers until actual risks are lost in the noise.
