Barracuda: cloud security concerns bog down adoption in Singapore
· In Singapore 96% of respondents say security concerns restrict their organisation’s adoption of public cloud.
· On average, Singapore organisations currently have 40% of IT infrastructure running in the public cloud, but that percentage is expected to increase to 70% in the next five years.
· Nearly six in 10 (58%) of Singapore respondents have already been targeted by a cyberattack.
Barracuda, a provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, has released Future shock: the cloud is the new network. Commissioned by Barracuda, the research surveyed global IT decision makers to capture their experiences with and attitudes about moving infrastructure to the public cloud, concerns restricting adoption, and the security and networking solutions being implemented to overcome them.
The report revealed that while Singapore respondents reported having a large chunk of their IT infrastructure already running in the public cloud (40%), and expect to increase this to 70% in the next five years, serious concerns over security risks could be slowing adoption.
According to the report, organisations in Singapore were more concerned about security than any other country in the study, with 96% of respondents stating security as the No. 1 factor restricting public cloud adoption in the city-state. In contrast the global average is 70%.
This is perhaps unsurprising given that nearly six in 10 Singapore respondents (58%) reported being targeted by cyberattacks in the past. When it came to security concerns from Singapore IT leaders, security of public cloud infrastructure came in first place (46%), tied with the impact of cyberattacks (46%), and security of public cloud apps (40%).
Results show however that security is not the only public cloud challenge facing Singapore IT teams. Other concerns highlighted by the report included the cost of moving to the public cloud (42%), difficulty adhering to regulation and compliance (32%), and lack of in-house skills to manage the adoption of public cloud (32%).
The report also showed that software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) appear to be the technology of choice for Singapore organisations keen to mitigate these challenges and achieve a securely integrated network for their cloud deployments, with 22% of Singapore organisations already deploying SD-WAN technology, and another 46% either in the process of deploying or expecting to deploy SD-WAN within the next 12 months.
“As a major financial hub, attracting businesses of all sizes, with its superior connectivity, infrastructure and smart nation vision, Singapore is well-positioned to fully embrace the benefits of public cloud, says James Forbes-May, Barracuda’s VP, APAC.
“The concerns highlighted within the report are understandable, however the good news is that organisations can overcome these challenges with the right tools and processes in place to keep pace with market innovations. As more IT infrastructure moves to public cloud, cloud providers will offer more native network capabilities, and public cloud will expand to include more network functionality, allowing organisations to fully embrace the agility and efficiency offered by the public cloud. The key is having a security vendor able to offer advanced security and cloud connectivity tightly integrated with the major cloud platforms.”
*The survey includes responses from 750 executives, individual contributors and team managers with responsibility for or knowledge of their organisation’s cloud infrastructure, including small to large scale organisations across a broad range of sectors in Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the US.
· On average, Singapore organisations currently have 40% of IT infrastructure running in the public cloud, but that percentage is expected to increase to 70% in the next five years.
· Nearly six in 10 (58%) of Singapore respondents have already been targeted by a cyberattack.
Barracuda, a provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, has released Future shock: the cloud is the new network. Commissioned by Barracuda, the research surveyed global IT decision makers to capture their experiences with and attitudes about moving infrastructure to the public cloud, concerns restricting adoption, and the security and networking solutions being implemented to overcome them.
The report revealed that while Singapore respondents reported having a large chunk of their IT infrastructure already running in the public cloud (40%), and expect to increase this to 70% in the next five years, serious concerns over security risks could be slowing adoption.
According to the report, organisations in Singapore were more concerned about security than any other country in the study, with 96% of respondents stating security as the No. 1 factor restricting public cloud adoption in the city-state. In contrast the global average is 70%.
This is perhaps unsurprising given that nearly six in 10 Singapore respondents (58%) reported being targeted by cyberattacks in the past. When it came to security concerns from Singapore IT leaders, security of public cloud infrastructure came in first place (46%), tied with the impact of cyberattacks (46%), and security of public cloud apps (40%).
Results show however that security is not the only public cloud challenge facing Singapore IT teams. Other concerns highlighted by the report included the cost of moving to the public cloud (42%), difficulty adhering to regulation and compliance (32%), and lack of in-house skills to manage the adoption of public cloud (32%).
The report also showed that software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) appear to be the technology of choice for Singapore organisations keen to mitigate these challenges and achieve a securely integrated network for their cloud deployments, with 22% of Singapore organisations already deploying SD-WAN technology, and another 46% either in the process of deploying or expecting to deploy SD-WAN within the next 12 months.
“As a major financial hub, attracting businesses of all sizes, with its superior connectivity, infrastructure and smart nation vision, Singapore is well-positioned to fully embrace the benefits of public cloud, says James Forbes-May, Barracuda’s VP, APAC.
“The concerns highlighted within the report are understandable, however the good news is that organisations can overcome these challenges with the right tools and processes in place to keep pace with market innovations. As more IT infrastructure moves to public cloud, cloud providers will offer more native network capabilities, and public cloud will expand to include more network functionality, allowing organisations to fully embrace the agility and efficiency offered by the public cloud. The key is having a security vendor able to offer advanced security and cloud connectivity tightly integrated with the major cloud platforms.”
*The survey includes responses from 750 executives, individual contributors and team managers with responsibility for or knowledge of their organisation’s cloud infrastructure, including small to large scale organisations across a broad range of sectors in Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the US.
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