Cloud Apps Somewhat More Secure Than On-Premises Apps: Survey – Forbes

Forbes reports AlertLogic’s survey of 70,000 security breaches indicates:

“…on-premises Web application systems get hammered more frequently with attacks, the study shows.  The average number of web application attacks is 61.4 among on-premise customers and 27.8 on service provider customers. Brute force attacks and reconnaissance attacks were also experienced with higher frequency in on-premises environments.”