OPAQ Networks sponsored the recent survey of 301 US-based IT professionals. It shows that 87 percent of participants are planning to use security-as-a-service model. Survey also mentioned that 40 percent of companies manage security through part-time employees, contractors and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs).
According to eight two percent participants, the in-house staff spends 20 to 60 hours a week for procuring, implementing and managing a variety of security products.
“The security challenge for mid-tier businesses is multi-dimensional,” 451 Research analyst Daniel Cummins mentioned in a statement. “For these businesses, everything seems to be increasing — attack frequency, compliance requirements, complexity, costs, and the number of security products that need to be managed.”
Three-fourth of participants said that they dedicate between three to five full-time employees to security. The total cost incurred is $178,000 a year. Forty percent believe that the security spending is going to increase by 10 to 20 percent within one year. Seventy-two percent prefer security as service.
“We thought there would be a preference for the ease and simplicity of security-as-a-service solutions, but we were genuinely surprised by both the degree and urgency of the market demand,” OPAQ chief strategy and technology officer Ken Ammon mentioned in a statement.
“MSSPs are and will continue to play an important role in advising and supporting incident response, but this study reveals that MSSPs should look to leverage cloud-based solutions in order to deliver what the market is demanding,” Ammon added.
Survey participants mentioned that they seek cloud-based security functionality which includes data loss prevention, network access control and encryption.
Other survey conducted by Spiceworks and undertaken by Carbonite shows that only 11 percent of IT pros’ time is utilized on IT planning and strategy while 13 percent is utilized on modernizing technology.
“In a time when data threats are more prevalent than ever, it’s important IT teams have the capacity to focus on mission-critical tasks as well as proactively preparing for threats and strategizing ways to innovate their existing technology in order to facilitate a safe and secure organization,” Carbonite chief evangelist Norman Guadagno said in a statement.
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