TRENDING
The rush for Digital Transformation
and the security fallout
With input from 1,723 executives with
responsibility for, or influence over, IT and
data security around the world, this year’s
threat report went deeper into the specific
security challenges resulting from the ‘DX
Era.’ The report revealed that the more
digitally transformed, the more likely an
organisation is to be breached.
While organisations pursuing DX are
capturing competitive advantages, the
worldwide rush to implement disruptive
technologies is creating new vulnerabilities
resulting in data breaches and compliance
audit failures. According to the report,
45% of organisations in the top two DX
categories, Software-As-a-Service (SaaS) and
social media, experienced a breach in the
past year.
Multi-cloud is the new normal but a
top barrier to data security
Companies are using multiple Infrastructure-
As-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-As-a-
Service (PaaS) environments, as well as
hundreds of SaaS applications. More than
eight in 10 companies (81%) are using
more than one IaaS vendor, 81% have more
than one PaaS vendor and 11% have more
than 100 SaaS applications to manage.
As more data migrates to the cloud, security
becomes more complex. Nearly 40% of
respondents rate complexity as their top
perceived barrier to implementing data
security, down slightly from 44% last year.
Quantum threat on the horizon
As a breakthrough technology with
applications in various industries, the
report also draws attention to the muchanticipated
impact of quantum computing.
The report reveals that within the next
five years, 72% of organisations believe
quantum computing power will affect their
data security operations.
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