A STUDY conducted in South Africa and the Middle East & Africa (MEA) indicates that majority of organisations recognise the benefits of integrated security.
The findings of the study were released
recently by Sophos, a network and endpoint security company, which
established that MEA countries recognise the benefits especially in the
concept of linking network firewall and endpoint security for better
insights.
However, the report revealed that
although MEA organisations were unlikely to increase the number of
vendors they interact with, they were likely to increase the number of
products in use, which highlights that organisations in the region
currently do not tend to follow an integrated strategy when it comes to
security.
The Sophos-sponsored InfoBrief
Synchronised Security Market Analysis – Middle East & Africa,
developed by International Data Corporation (IDC), revealed that the MEA
countries represented a total security solutions market potential of
nearly $1.89 billion in 2015, which is expected to increase at a CAGR of
8.1 per cent to a total of $1.94 billion in 2020.
Some of the key findings reveal that in
South Africa, mobile device security is the highest priority, with 35
per cent of companies, followed by DLP and security governance and
management (28 per cent each).
While DLP is a top priority for both
SMBs and enterprises, it indicates that security governance and
management, business continuity and attack and penetration testing are
higher priorities for larger organisations in the region.
The report also indicates that malware
detection and prevention were the next most prevalent solutions, being
more widespread in Turkey 85 per cent and South Africa 78 per cent while
it was surprisingly low in the UAE (40 per cent).
In terms of security appliance
penetration, almost half (40 per cent) of African respondents stated
that they planned to invest in unified threat management appliances
while 42 per cent of MEA companies have high confidence about their
security posture, some companies, especially in KSA (3 per cent) and
South Africa (5 per cent) are not confident at all.
“IT security is a top priority for companies in this region, as it can impact uptime and overall service levels.
In terms of plans to deploy, there is a
major focus on end-to-end coverage with advanced security systems,
making it apparent that respondents want to simplify and improve control
over securing their organization’s assets. This is followed by plans to
deploy mobile device security and cloud-specific security solutions.
MEA’s mobile device proliferation is
among the highest in the world, making it important to secure devices
and content on devices. Increased deployment of private and public cloud
services makes it critical for organizations to integrate security as a
part of their cloud strategy,” said Harish Chib, Vice President, Middle
East & Africa, Sophos.
“It is clear from the responses that, in
addition to threat landscape complexity, organizations do not have a
holistic strategy when it comes to deploying their security solutions.
With the increase in sophisticated attacks across the region, companies
are now looking for smarter and simpler IT security solutions.
The majority of respondents across all
four countries agreed with the concept of linking network firewall and
endpoint security for better insights. The acceptance is higher among
larger enterprise. Synchronized security is the new key for protection
against cyber threats,” MrChib added.
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