Cloud adoption in the region is presently at a nascent stage, but steadily on the rise. Organizations in the Middle East are rapidly adopting cloud strategies, which include deploying business applications on public, private, or hybrid clouds. This continuing growth in cloud based services has translated into a growing demand for security services as well.
According to 451 Research, 60 percent of workloads worldwide will run in the cloud by 2018, driving greater agility and scalability, higher performance, and faster access to innovative technologies. As per Gartner, public cloud services market in the Middle East and North Africa region will grow by 22 percent in 2017 to total USD 1.2 billion.
One of the main contributors to the upsurge in cloud adoption is the region's focus on digital transformation. In the connected world, as the region looks forward to implementing smart cities, both public and private segments are focusing on harnessing latest technologies.
Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo Protego added, "Ensuring security in the cloud is similar to ensuring security for on-premises data centers – be it protection against deletion, theft, or leakage."
"Except now, security tools are expected to manage and protect corporate data using the same security controls and monitoring tools, regardless of where the data and applications sit. We work closely with leading global cloud security vendors such as Dell EMC, RSA, Symantec, and Veritas to build cloud security solutions for their customers," continued Bhaskar.
Palo Alto Networks 2017 survey into cloud security found 48 percent of UAE CIOs use public, private, or hybrid clouds. The report also revealed UAE organizations face a major disconnect between cloud aspirations and secure cloud infrastructure, with two-thirds (64 percent) of CIOs in the region ranking cloud security as important, but one-third (34 percent) admitting that they do not know if their cloud is secure.