The Ponemon Institute issued a supplemental report to its 2012 Encryption in the Cloud Study published in February, identifying additional cloud data security trends. The study, sponsored by data protection vendor Thales e-Security, contacted more than 4,000 people in seven countries about their company's ongoing encryption projects. Trust in cloud providers is on the rise, but Ponemon noted that survey responses indicate additional education is needed on data protection measures and responsibilities.

Here are the survey's 10 top cloud data security trends.