Global Survey Finds More
Than Half of Respondants Felt Cloud Providers are Responsible for Customer Data
and Applications Hosted in the Public Cloud.
Than Half of Respondants Felt Cloud Providers are Responsible for Customer Data
and Applications Hosted in the Public Cloud.
Singapore
(June 23, 2017) –
(June 23, 2017) –
Highlights:
·
Of respondents using the cloud today, 40
percent of their infrastructure is already in the public cloud, and they expect
to increase this to almost 70 percent within five years.
Of respondents using the cloud today, 40
percent of their infrastructure is already in the public cloud, and they expect
to increase this to almost 70 percent within five years.
·
99 percent said that their organizations have
seen benefits as a result of moving to the public cloud.
99 percent said that their organizations have
seen benefits as a result of moving to the public cloud.
·
91 percent reported they had
concerns over their use of public cloud, with 54 percent stating that cyberattacks
are their chief concern.
91 percent reported they had
concerns over their use of public cloud, with 54 percent stating that cyberattacks
are their chief concern.
·
71 percent felt the cloud
provider was responsible for customer data in the public cloud, and 66 percent
felt the cloud provider was responsible for their applications in the public
cloud.
71 percent felt the cloud
provider was responsible for customer data in the public cloud, and 66 percent
felt the cloud provider was responsible for their applications in the public
cloud.
·
56 percent of APAC
respondents’ organisations have been targets of a cyber attack including 64% of
Singapore respondents.
56 percent of APAC
respondents’ organisations have been targets of a cyber attack including 64% of
Singapore respondents.
·
Singapore has the lowest
respondents (42%) that felt confident that the move to a public cloud was
secure. 96% of Singapore respondents say that security concerns restrict their
organisation’s migration to the public cloud.
Singapore has the lowest
respondents (42%) that felt confident that the move to a public cloud was
secure. 96% of Singapore respondents say that security concerns restrict their
organisation’s migration to the public cloud.
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
(NYSE: CUDA), a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection
solutions, today announced key findings from a new global research report, “Unlocking
the Benefits of Public Cloud.” Commissioned by Barracuda and conducted by
Vanson Bourne, the research surveyed 1,300 IT decision makers from
organizations using public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from the Americas,
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and from Asia Pacific (APAC). Of the 450 APAC IT decision makers who
participated in the survey, 150 of them were from ASEAN countries Indonesia,
Singapore and Malaysia. The report outlines the respondents’ use of public
cloud, benefits of public cloud, challenges with public cloud, and public cloud
security.
(NYSE: CUDA), a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection
solutions, today announced key findings from a new global research report, “Unlocking
the Benefits of Public Cloud.” Commissioned by Barracuda and conducted by
Vanson Bourne, the research surveyed 1,300 IT decision makers from
organizations using public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from the Americas,
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and from Asia Pacific (APAC). Of the 450 APAC IT decision makers who
participated in the survey, 150 of them were from ASEAN countries Indonesia,
Singapore and Malaysia. The report outlines the respondents’ use of public
cloud, benefits of public cloud, challenges with public cloud, and public cloud
security.
“This report highlights
the ongoing increase in public cloud use globally, with many organizations
seeing substantial process and financial benefits. However, there are still a
significant number of organizations that are not clear on the shared security
model and the implication to their data and applications,” said Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Security at Barracuda, Hatem Naguib. The
challenges in migrating legacy security appliances and architectures require
having the right infrastructure for securing hybrid cloud solutions. Organizations
need to select cloud-ready security solutions that are designed for the new
architectures and capabilities enabled by public and hybrid cloud adoption.”
the ongoing increase in public cloud use globally, with many organizations
seeing substantial process and financial benefits. However, there are still a
significant number of organizations that are not clear on the shared security
model and the implication to their data and applications,” said Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Security at Barracuda, Hatem Naguib. The
challenges in migrating legacy security appliances and architectures require
having the right infrastructure for securing hybrid cloud solutions. Organizations
need to select cloud-ready security solutions that are designed for the new
architectures and capabilities enabled by public and hybrid cloud adoption.”
Background Public Cloud Use
Respondents’ use of
public cloud is on the rise, as is their sophistication in working within the
cloud. On average, organizations have nearly 40 percent of their infrastructure
in the public cloud today, with the expectation to increase this to 70 percent
over the next five years. Four in 10 reported that their organization relied on
public cloud deployments to expand their services, often replicating those over
multiple regions, while 30 percent said they only migrated selected services to
the cloud and kept the balance on premises. Overall, the survey found that organizations
are growing more comfortable with hybrid environments that deploy a range of
public cloud services along with more traditional on-premises infrastructure.
public cloud is on the rise, as is their sophistication in working within the
cloud. On average, organizations have nearly 40 percent of their infrastructure
in the public cloud today, with the expectation to increase this to 70 percent
over the next five years. Four in 10 reported that their organization relied on
public cloud deployments to expand their services, often replicating those over
multiple regions, while 30 percent said they only migrated selected services to
the cloud and kept the balance on premises. Overall, the survey found that organizations
are growing more comfortable with hybrid environments that deploy a range of
public cloud services along with more traditional on-premises infrastructure.
Public
Cloud Benefits
Cloud Benefits
Nearly all the
respondents (99 percent) said that their organization has seen benefits as a
result of moving to the public cloud, including greater scalability and reduced
IT expenditures. The survey found, on average, that organizations didn’t use a
single cloud provider for everything, and cited a number of reasons for this: Top
of mind was that different providers had different strengths (63 percent),
followed by the view that this increased security (51 percent) and helped keep
costs down (42 percent).
respondents (99 percent) said that their organization has seen benefits as a
result of moving to the public cloud, including greater scalability and reduced
IT expenditures. The survey found, on average, that organizations didn’t use a
single cloud provider for everything, and cited a number of reasons for this: Top
of mind was that different providers had different strengths (63 percent),
followed by the view that this increased security (51 percent) and helped keep
costs down (42 percent).
Public
Cloud Challenges
Cloud Challenges
Security remains to be
the biggest challenge when it comes to using the public cloud – 71 percent felt
that security concerns restricted their ability to migrate workloads to the
public cloud. Nine in 10 (91 percent) of organizations reported they worried about
their use of public cloud, with cyberattacks being the chief concern at 54
percent. Phishing (50 percent), DDoS (47
percent), APTs (45 percent), and ransomware (41 percent) were the main threats
that most conerned them. Over half (56 percent) had experienced at least one
cyberattack, and found that the average number of attacks an organization had
seen were five. The challenge with security was further heightened with the
information organizations are storing in public clouds: Over 50 percent of all
organizations store some type of personal data (personnel records, medical
records, etc.) in the public cloud, and nearly the same precent (55 percent)
store customer order history.
the biggest challenge when it comes to using the public cloud – 71 percent felt
that security concerns restricted their ability to migrate workloads to the
public cloud. Nine in 10 (91 percent) of organizations reported they worried about
their use of public cloud, with cyberattacks being the chief concern at 54
percent. Phishing (50 percent), DDoS (47
percent), APTs (45 percent), and ransomware (41 percent) were the main threats
that most conerned them. Over half (56 percent) had experienced at least one
cyberattack, and found that the average number of attacks an organization had
seen were five. The challenge with security was further heightened with the
information organizations are storing in public clouds: Over 50 percent of all
organizations store some type of personal data (personnel records, medical
records, etc.) in the public cloud, and nearly the same precent (55 percent)
store customer order history.
Public
Cloud Security
Cloud Security
The
Shared Responsibility Security Model – wherein cloud providers are responsible
for the security of the cloud, while
organizations using the cloud are responsible for the security of what they put
in the cloud – is not new, and 72
percent felt they fully understood their cloud security responsibilities. This
was in stark contrast to what organizations believed their cloud provider was
responsible to provide for security – 71 percent felt the cloud provider was
responsible for customer data in the public cloud, and 66 percent for
applications in the public cloud. Additionally, 52 percent were confident that
their move to the cloud was secure, with three in five – 62 percent –
responding that they had included additional security solutions in their public
cloud infrastructure.
Shared Responsibility Security Model – wherein cloud providers are responsible
for the security of the cloud, while
organizations using the cloud are responsible for the security of what they put
in the cloud – is not new, and 72
percent felt they fully understood their cloud security responsibilities. This
was in stark contrast to what organizations believed their cloud provider was
responsible to provide for security – 71 percent felt the cloud provider was
responsible for customer data in the public cloud, and 66 percent for
applications in the public cloud. Additionally, 52 percent were confident that
their move to the cloud was secure, with three in five – 62 percent –
responding that they had included additional security solutions in their public
cloud infrastructure.
Recommendations
·
Organizations often end up with multiple cloud providers,
as well as having an on-premises (legacy) infrastructure. This can have
implications on complexity and overall costs; it’s further compounded when
third-party solutions such as security are added to the mix. Therefore,
customers are advised to look for third parties who support a wide range of
ecosystems with the same or similar solutions.
Organizations often end up with multiple cloud providers,
as well as having an on-premises (legacy) infrastructure. This can have
implications on complexity and overall costs; it’s further compounded when
third-party solutions such as security are added to the mix. Therefore,
customers are advised to look for third parties who support a wide range of
ecosystems with the same or similar solutions.
·
As customers weigh licensing options – by
usage, per hour, unlimited, etc. – we see customers beginning to understand how
they can leverage different ones to gain greater cost controls. This becomes
more important when third-party vendors are added to the mix. Customers value
when third parties offer equivalent licensing options to how the customer is
licensing their public cloud infrastructure.
As customers weigh licensing options – by
usage, per hour, unlimited, etc. – we see customers beginning to understand how
they can leverage different ones to gain greater cost controls. This becomes
more important when third-party vendors are added to the mix. Customers value
when third parties offer equivalent licensing options to how the customer is
licensing their public cloud infrastructure.
·
Companies deploying the most
common security routine – routing branch locations’ traffic through a central
security solution – generally find these solutions lack scale and cost benefits
as their cloud leverage increases. Companies that look at distributed security solutions,
such as next-generation firewalls and web application firewalls, closer to the
point of access reduce those issues, but find new ones in managing multiple
devices. Therefore, look for vendors who can provide a common management scheme
– either in their products or using public cloud security infrastructures – to
simplify managing and monitoring ongoing security.
Companies deploying the most
common security routine – routing branch locations’ traffic through a central
security solution – generally find these solutions lack scale and cost benefits
as their cloud leverage increases. Companies that look at distributed security solutions,
such as next-generation firewalls and web application firewalls, closer to the
point of access reduce those issues, but find new ones in managing multiple
devices. Therefore, look for vendors who can provide a common management scheme
– either in their products or using public cloud security infrastructures – to
simplify managing and monitoring ongoing security.
Barracuda solutions are
cloud ready and designed for hybrid deployments. Barracuda on-premises and
cloud solutions can work seamlessly together to protect customers’ data and
applications regardless of where they reside. For more information, please
visit cuda.co/cloudready.
cloud ready and designed for hybrid deployments. Barracuda on-premises and
cloud solutions can work seamlessly together to protect customers’ data and
applications regardless of where they reside. For more information, please
visit cuda.co/cloudready.
Resources
To view the
full report, please visit: cuda.co/wpunlocking
full report, please visit: cuda.co/wpunlocking
Barracuda
Blog – Barracuda Cloud Research Confirms Growing Usage and Remaining Security
Concerns: cuda.co/19259
Blog – Barracuda Cloud Research Confirms Growing Usage and Remaining Security
Concerns: cuda.co/19259
Infographic
– Public Cloud Usage by the Numbers: cuda.co/19261
– Public Cloud Usage by the Numbers: cuda.co/19261
Solutions
Brief – Public Cloud Goes Mainstream: cuda.co/tvcloudms
Brief – Public Cloud Goes Mainstream: cuda.co/tvcloudms
About Barracuda
Networks, Inc. (NYSE:
CUDA)
Networks, Inc. (NYSE:
CUDA)
Barracuda (NYSE: CUDA) simplifies IT with cloud-enabled
solutions that empower customers to protect their networks, applications and
data, regardless of where they reside. These powerful, easy-to-use and
affordable solutions are trusted by more than 150,000 organizations worldwide
and are delivered in appliance, virtual appliance, cloud and hybrid deployment
configurations. Barracuda’s customer-centric business model focuses on
delivering high-value, subscription-based IT solutions that provide end-to-end
network and data protection. For additional information, please visit barracuda.com.
solutions that empower customers to protect their networks, applications and
data, regardless of where they reside. These powerful, easy-to-use and
affordable solutions are trusted by more than 150,000 organizations worldwide
and are delivered in appliance, virtual appliance, cloud and hybrid deployment
configurations. Barracuda’s customer-centric business model focuses on
delivering high-value, subscription-based IT solutions that provide end-to-end
network and data protection. For additional information, please visit barracuda.com.
Barracuda Networks, Barracuda, and the Barracuda Networks logo are registered trademarks of Barracuda Networks, Inc. in the US and other countries.
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and functionality of Barracuda security products. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements because they involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond
the Company’s control and that could cause the Company’s results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that could materially affect the Company’s business and financial
results include, but are not limited to customer response to the Company’s
products, as well as those factors set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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forward-looking information to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
exist after the date of this press release.
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