Secure access to cloud a top priority for 41%

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Secure access to cloud a top priority for 41%

Published: Fri 21 Oct 2016, 5:43 PM

Cloud security is imperative and businesses have to adopt it for their growth, says Miguel Braojos, vice president of global sales, IAM Solutions at HID Global on the sidelines of the company's participation at the 36th Gitex Technology Week, under the theme 'Your Security Connected.'
"The company is focused in finance, governments and utilities - but in Middle East, it is the oil and gas sector. The organisations in the region are enhancing their security levels. Cloud adoption is beginning to take prominence, and by placing data and applications in the cloud, organisations gain a lot of flexibility in terms of accessibility. This is the upside; but in doing this, companies also expose themselves to risk and have to take steps to protect their assets," said Braojos.
"A robust security strategy and solutions with multi-factor authentication will suffice because the loss or damage of digital assets can have significant ramifications for an organisation. We are glad to find that organisations are assessing and evaluating their security strategies and reviewing implementing multi-factor authentication," he added.
As part of the company's mobility initiative, HID Global is demonstrating its ActivID Tap Authentication platform, which is powered by Seos, for convenient and secure multi-factor authentication to more than 2,400 cloud apps and web services on mobile devices with the simple tap of a smart card. HID Global will also emphasise the benefits of an enhanced user experience through its ActivID Authentication Appliance, an enterprise authentication solution that enables end users to securely access the door, data and cloud apps, anywhere, anytime.
A regional survey conducted by HID Global revealed that 47 per cent of organisations believe that securing access to cloud based data and application is as important as securing physical premises. With 41 per cent stating that secure access to cloud based data and applications was their number one priority.
Of the respondents who participated in the survey, 72 per cent said they relied on private cloud solutions and 48 per cent used it for collaboration solutions including databases, CRMs, and email. Around 33 per cent also said they stored mission-critical applications and data. In addition, 28 per cent of organisations said that they don't rely on cloud solutions at all. The most frequent reason cited for 39 per cent of respondents was that their organisation generated sensitive data, while 30 per cent found it too risky.
Other limiting factors for adopting cloud solutions in an organisation were found to be high cost for 11 per cent of respondents, and a lack of acceptance within existing company policy for 15 per cent of respondents.
- sandhya@khaleejtimes.com

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Sandhya D'Mello

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