Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 21 | Page 14

LATEST INTELLIGENCE CLOUD SECURITY – 2017 SPOTLIGHT REPORT Download whitepaper here C loud investment continues to grow over 20% annually as organisations are looking for faster time for deployment, scalability, reduced maintenance, and lower cost. But there is one aspect of cloud that consistently worries IT and security professionals – how to achieve high levels of security in the cloud. As cloud adoption increases, the fears of unauthorised access, stolen identities, data and privacy loss, and confidentiality and compliance issues are rising right along with it. This report has been produced by the 350,000 member 14 INTELLIGENTCIO Information Security Community on LinkedIn in partnership with Crowd Research Partners to explore how organisations are responding to the security threats in the cloud and what tools and best practices IT cybersecurity leaders are considering in their move to the cloud. This report reveals the latest data points and trends in cloud security, shares how your peers are approaching security, and provides valuable benchmark data that will help gauge how your own organisation stacks up compared with others. n www.intelligentcio.com