Press Release
Check Point has released the findings of a survey of 200 cybersecurity and IT professionals, showing that concerns about security risks are the biggest factor holding back faster adoption of cloud computing. 93% of respondents said they were ‘very concerned’ (56%) or ‘concerned’ (37%) about cloud security issues.
When questioned on the specific threats they are concerned about within cloud environments, 80% of respondents admitted they are ‘very concerned’ or ‘concerned’ about ransomware hijacking corporate data in the cloud. In addition to ransomware, the biggest threats to cloud environments were:
– Unauthorized access (67%)
– Data leakage (65%)
– Denial-of-service attacks (52%)
– Insecure interfaces / APIs (48%)
– Posting confidential data by employees / malicious insiders (33%)
– State-sponsored cyberattacks (32%)
When asked ‘Which of the following security capabilities would most increase your confidence in adopting cloud environments?’ respondents stated:
– Visibility, reporting, auditing & alerting on security events across all platforms (74%)
– Effective mapping of security controls for internally-hosted applications to the cloud infrastructure (51%)
– Consistent security policies and enforcement across cloud platforms (48%)
Check Point asked respondents participants which security controls are the most effective methods to protect data in the cloud. The answers were:
– Data encryption (72%)
– Traffic encryption or VPNs (60%)
– Access control/user authorization (56%)
– Network monitoring, reporting and forensics (53%)
– Intrusion prevention systems (44%)
– Data leakage prevention (41%)
– Firewalls (38%)
The Check Point survey was conducted by Crowd Research, and gauged the opinions of over 200 cybersecurity and IT professionals in public and private sector companies globally.
