New Survey Reveals Organizations' Conflicted Between Data Privacy and Data Science as They Embrace Multiple Cloud Providers 70 percent of Fortune 500 Companies find it difficult to ensure privacy and security of sensitive data News provided by Share this article FREMONT, Calif., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey commissioned by Privacera, the cloud data governance and security leader founded by the creators of Apache Ranger™ and conducted by Lead to Market, reveals that digital transformation is driving multi-cloud migrations, as nearly all organizations (85 percent) use at least two cloud providers for data storage and analytics, while 40 percent use five or more. GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations are making cloud migration and analytics difficult, as 7 out of 10 said the effort has become more complex. Comprised of 100 executives from Fortune 500 companies, the survey found businesses are experiencing a conflict between a data scientist's need for quick data access and IT's need to ensure data security and privacy, as 58 percent felt that access restrictions were impacting the productivity of their analytic teams.