Information security professionals are split over whether cloud suppliers should co-operate with governments by providing access to encrypted data, a survey has revealed.
More than one-third of those polled said cloud providers should turn over encrypted data to governments when asked, according to the survey by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and security firm Bitglass.
But 55% of all respondents were opposed, with a higher proportion of US respondents being against government co-operation (63%) compared with peers in Europe, Middle East and Africa, where only 42% were opposed. Overall, 10% said they were not concerned.
