<p>Companies that rely on public cloud providers and expect them to keep their data secure may besetting themselves up for trouble.</p><p>Cloud data security concerns has become less of a reason for not adopting public cloud than itwas in 2012, with 32% of respondents citing it as their reason to hold off on adoption versus 36%in 2012, according to TechTarget's 2013 Cloud Pulse survey.</p><p>While cloud vendors strive to protect their customers' data because their business andreputation depends on it, mistakes do happen, said Christopher Stark, CEO of Cetrom InformationTechnology Inc., a cloud provider based in Vienna, Va.</p><p>Any time I go to the cloud I'm exposing myself to any number ofdata security threats I can't control.</p><p><a href="http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/2240180459/Amazon-S3-breach-underscores-cloud-data-security-needs">Keep reading...</a></p>