New Delhi, A study by a multinational company has identified cloud resources as the "biggest targets" of cyber attacks in India.
Thales has announced the publication of the Thales Cloud Security Study 2024, its annual assessment of the latest threats, trends and emerging risks to cloud security based on a survey of nearly 3,000 IT and security professionals in 18 countries in 37 industries, according to a statement.
"The study was based on a global survey of 2,961 respondents, targeting IT security and management professionals," he said.
The study "identifies cloud resources as the main targets of cyber attacks in India."
Cloud security spending now "leads all other categories of security spending," he added.
In India, nearly half (46 percent) of respondents reported that all corporate data stored in the cloud is confidential and 37 percent of participating organizations have experienced a cloud data breach in India and 14 percent percent had had one in the past. year, according to the statement.
Additionally, 35 percent of organizations in India recognize the importance of digital sovereignty initiatives as a means to future-proof their cloud environments, and globally, nearly half of organizations recognize that it is more difficult to manage. compliance and privacy in the cloud. versus local, he said.
Human error and misconfiguration continue to top the list of root causes of these breaches (34 percent), followed by exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities (32 percent), exploitation of known vulnerabilities (21 percent), and lack of of multi-factor authentication usage (11 percent), he said.
"As cloud usage remains strategically vital for many organizations, cloud resources have become the biggest targets for cyberattacks, with cloud storage (30 percent), SaaS applications (30 percent percent) and cloud management infrastructure (28 percent). percent) cited as the top categories of attacks in India.
"As a result, protecting cloud environments has become the top security priority ahead of all other security disciplines," the statement said.
Thales has announced the publication of the Thales Cloud Security Study 2024, its annual assessment of the latest threats, trends and emerging risks to cloud security based on a survey of nearly 3,000 IT and security professionals in 18 countries in 37 industries, according to a statement.
"The study was based on a global survey of 2,961 respondents, targeting IT security and management professionals," he said.
The study "identifies cloud resources as the main targets of cyber attacks in India."
Cloud security spending now "leads all other categories of security spending," he added.
In India, nearly half (46 percent) of respondents reported that all corporate data stored in the cloud is confidential and 37 percent of participating organizations have experienced a cloud data breach in India and 14 percent percent had had one in the past. year, according to the statement.
Additionally, 35 percent of organizations in India recognize the importance of digital sovereignty initiatives as a means to future-proof their cloud environments, and globally, nearly half of organizations recognize that it is more difficult to manage. compliance and privacy in the cloud. versus local, he said.
Human error and misconfiguration continue to top the list of root causes of these breaches (34 percent), followed by exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities (32 percent), exploitation of known vulnerabilities (21 percent), and lack of of multi-factor authentication usage (11 percent), he said.
"As cloud usage remains strategically vital for many organizations, cloud resources have become the biggest targets for cyberattacks, with cloud storage (30 percent), SaaS applications (30 percent percent) and cloud management infrastructure (28 percent). percent) cited as the top categories of attacks in India.
"As a result, protecting cloud environments has become the top security priority ahead of all other security disciplines," the statement said.
