Barracuda Networks revealed that 44% of Malaysian users felt confident that their organisations move to the public cloud was secure in a survey.<\/p>\n
The cloud-connected storage and security solutions provider surveyed 450 people from 6 countries in the Asia Pacific, including Malaysia, who work in manufacturing, financial services and technology.<\/p>\n
Barracuda\u2019s vice president of Asia Pacific, James Forbes-May, revealed that 58% of Malaysians surveyed said they trust the cloud more than they did five years ago. Although, only 36.10% of Malaysian respondents said their organisations use the cloud.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian survey participants chose Google as their preferred public cloud provider, with 70% of organisations using the service; 48% cited using Amazon\u2019s services and Microsoft Azure was close behind with 40%.<\/p>\n
The survey findings showed that security is a concern; with 66% of Malaysian respondents saying their organisations had added additional security measures to secure access to the public cloud.<\/p>\n
Forbes-May added: \u201c68% of Malaysian surveyed said their organisations have been targeted by cyber security attacks in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese attacks hinder business operations and worst business loss. 37% of the Asian Pacific respondents said customers or employees lost faith in the organisations security measures.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile 30% reported a temporary closure of business; 22% of those surveyed entirely lost their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barracuda noted that despite security issues, 65% of Malaysian respondents store their bank details in the public cloud, with 48% admitting they store personal employee data via the public cloud.<\/p>\n
Written by Leah Alger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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