Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 33 | Page 25

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TRENDING SURVEY REVEALS FIVE KEY AREAS TO SECURE DEVOPS, CLOUD AND IOT ADOPTION A survey from BeyondTrust reveals how enterprises are understanding the benefits that Privileged Access Management can deliver in protecting next- generation technologies. B eyondTrust, a leading cybersecurity company dedicated to preventing privilege misuse and stopping unauthorised access, has announced the results of the 2018 Implications of Using Privileged Access Management to Enable Next-Generation Technology Survey. Its survey shows that 90% of enterprises are engaged with at least one next-generation technology (NGT), such as cloud, IoT, or AI. www.intelligentcio.com Yet, while enterprises are optimistic about the business benefits these technologies can bring, they also have concerns about the risks, with 78% citing the security risks of NGTs as somewhat to extremely large. One in five respondents experienced five or more breaches related to NGTs. Excessive user privileges were implicated in 52% of breaches. To better underst and how security issues, such as Privileged Access Management “ ONE IN FIVE RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCED FIVE OR MORE BREACHES RELATED TO NGTS. INTELLIGENTCIO 25