Abstract: Based on the theory of accident causation, this paper examines the risk causation of academic data security incidents in cloud environment. Based on cloud environment, the relationship between academic data security incidents and risks is analyzed to provide reference and basis for prevention and emergency response. In the framework of "environment-object-human", the risk causes of academic data security incidents in cloud environment are categorized, and the security incidents of academic data leakage, loss, tampering and abuse are examined. Risk causes of academic data security incidents in the cloud environment includes environmental causes (cloud environment), object causes (hardware errors, firmware errors, software defects, etc.) and human causes (security awareness, operating practices, managerial practices, abuse), and the occurrence of a specific security incident may be the result of single, double or even multiple causes.

Key words: Academic data, Security incidents, Accident-causing, Cloud environment, Data management, Data breach, Data tampering