A new study commissioned by Kaspersky revealed that company executives are enhancing their cybersecurity in response to a significant rise in cyberattacks.
The study’s findings indicate that over three-quarters (77%) of Asia Pacific (APAC) companies have experienced at least one cyber incident in the past two years.
One of the main reasons cited was the shortage of qualified IT security staff (24%). Among other measures to strengthen cybersecurity, 57% of respondents from the region claimed that their companies plan to invest in outsourcing cybersecurity in the next 12 to 18 months.
In the study, more than three quarters (77%) of respondents reported that their company had experienced cybersecurity incidents within the last two years, with 87% judged as “serious.” Some said the main reasons for cyber incidents in their company were a lack of necessary tools for threat detection (20%) and a shortage of internal IT security staff (24%).
The respondents from the region indicated that various measures would be appropriate to address cybersecurity gaps. Among them, 32% said they would like to see more external specialists brought in.
It also appears company investment plans are well in line with their expectations. One quarter of organizations (34%) plan to invest in third-party professional services, and as many as 34% of respondents aim to outsource their cybersecurity to MSP/MSSP (Managed Service Providers/Managed Security Service Providers). The most likely industries to invest in third-party services in the near future are critical infrastructure, energy, and oil & gas companies.
At the same time, many regional organizations plan to invest in the automation of their cybersecurity processes. In the next 12 months, more than half of businesses here (51%) have concrete plans to implement software that automatically manages their cybersecurity, while 15% discuss the subject.
“The automation and outsourcing of cybersecurity tasks are major areas that organizations struggling because of a lack of experts and alert fatigue can focus on. Turning to external experts, — whether it’s outsourcing to manage the whole cybersecurity system or adopting expert-level services to assist the IT Security department — is the optimal solution for many,” commented Ivan Vassunov, VP of Corporate Products at Kaspersky.
To cope with a shortage of tools or IT Security employees in-house, Kaspersky recommends:
- Make use of the expertise offered by managed security providers. For example, Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response raises an organization’s overall protection level by monitoring telemetry from the company’s IT network 24/7 and helps develop in-house processes and best practices while following the incident response guidelines provided by Kaspersky experts.
- Implementing Kaspersky Professional Services optimizes the workload of a struggling IT department. Kaspersky experts assess the state of your current IT security, then deploy and configure Kaspersky software quickly and properly to ensure hassle-free ongoing performance. And Kaspersky Premium Support speeds up and boosts the efficiency of any Kaspersky-based IT security infrastructure.
- For SMBs that lack the budget to purchase some cybersecurity products and hire dedicated IT security professionals, just one IT administrator (even part-time or outsourced) is enough to easily manage Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud through a console with numerous automated scripts.
- Invest in cybersecurity training, so your current IT security specialists’ skills are always up-to-date and equipped to handle anything the cyber threat landscape throws at your organization. Kaspersky Cybersecurity for IT Online training helps build up simple yet effective IT security best practices and simple incident response scenarios for general IT administrators. Kaspersky Expert Training equips your security team with the latest knowledge and skills to manage and mitigate threats, protecting your organization from even the most sophisticated attacks.
Read the full report of the study via this link.
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