GEC NEWS WIREHID Global has found that the increasing mobile workforce in the Middle East is driving organizations to focus on watertight security strategies to protect and secure their digital assets when accessing applications and data in the cloud. A regional survey conducted by HID Global revealed that 47 percent of organizations believe that securing access to cloud based data and application is as important as securing physical premises. With 41 percent stating that secure access to cloud based data and applications was their number one priority.
Respondents to the survey included CIOs, CISOs, IT Managers and decision makers from the public sector, retail, manufacturing, government, oil and gas, transport, banking and finance and real estate from across the GCC.
“Cloud adoption is beginning to take prominence and by placing data and applications in the cloud, organizations 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 Miguel Braojos, Vice President Global Sales, IAM Solutions at HID Global. “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 organization. We are glad to find that organizations are assessing and evaluating their security strategies and reviewing implementing multi-factor authentication.”
