important factor , far ahead of cost ( 19 %) in second place , and reliability ( 12 %) in third spot .
“ This leads me to believe that this region is very security focused ,” says Shivani Jariwala , Director – Cloud Services , CPX and President Cloud Security Alliance UAE Chapter .
“ They have a maturity and acceptance towards security . When it comes to security versus cost – in this region – security comes first .”
Blockchain ‘ not a silver bullet ’ Survey respondents were asked what technologies they had already implemented at their own organisations , and what they planned to implement more .
The results here were interesting – blockchain , secure deletion , and multicloud were the only security practices listed in the survey that respondents plan to invest more in . Blockchain shows the largest increase , from 8 % to 27 % – a considerable shift with more than three times as many leaders planning to invest in the technology .
“ Blockchain is a solution to a few issues . It ’ s also not a silver bullet ,” says Sultan Al-Owais , Digital Lead , Prime Minister ’ s Office , UAE .
“ Many of the use cases where people suggest blockchain assume that it will fix something . What I would have wanted to hear in the answer to that question is simplicity . Our problem is that it is horrendously complex today and therefore has a lot of dark corners that are difficult to secure . It has to become much simpler if it ’ s going to be securable .”
“ I think there ’ s a lot of hype ,” adds Dragan Pendić , Director – Cloud Security , G42 .
“ What blockchain really brings to the table is zero trust , and I think this is very important as a security professional – knowing how
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