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

Cloud Computing security is a real concern and an industrial challenge.  The debate on whether or not to trust cloud computing security is a perpetual debate. In the mean time a survey has found that " 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.”

Here is a complete survey report by Forbes