Study: Asia Pacific firms record highest jump in cyber threat alerts
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Organizations in Asia Pacific are seeing a big increase in the cybersecurity challenges they face amid the shift to mass remote working, a study by tech bellwether Cisco showed.
According to the study, 69% of organizations in the region have experienced a 25% or more jump in either cyber threats or alerts since the start of Covid-19, making it the region with the largest proportion of organizations to experience this increase globally.
Six percent of organizations did not know if their cyber threats or alerts have increased or decreased, highlighting the scale of challenges that organizations are facing due to the abrupt and massive shift to remote working, the report said.
Philippine companies overtook regional and global averages on adopting a remote workplace, increasing cybersecurity challenges.
The bulk of local firms, 64 percent, consider cybersecurity as an extremely important component in the remote work setup.
However, secure access – the ability to verify identity and establish trust no matter how, where, or when remote workers log in, paired with enforcing policies, emerged as the top cybersecurity challenge faced by 62 percent of local firms.
Unsurprisingly, data privacy was also a top concern for 56 percent of Filipino businesses.
“Cybersecurity has been a buzz word in the Philippines for years, but this pandemic has really pushed companies to take action within their own organizations,” remarked Karrie Ilagan, Managing Director of Cisco Philippines.