The title for this blog was inspired by a classic and favorite movie of mine, If it's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium. I use it without cynicism; the IT industry has no shortage of market surveys on various trends and findings, many of which are very insightful and helpful to vendors and users alike.
I am pleased to announce another cybersecurity market survey from Lockheed Martin that is available here (you can read the news release about the survey here). This survey was conducted in conjunction with The Cloud Security Alliance of which CA is a member. Cloud computing is now a mainstream IT theme and there is no shortage of benefits that can be realized from organizations utilizing cloud computing. That does not mean that cloud computing is not without its issues, especially around security and privacy.
This Lockheed Survey possesses some very good findings around cloud adoption within the US Federal government. And while over 70% of the respondents were concerned about data security, privacy and integrity in the cloud, survey respondents still displayed high interest in cloud computing. I interpret this finding very positively--it means that individuals understand the risks imposed by cloud computing, but are confident the security standards and solutions exist that can alleviate and mitigate those risks.
Stay tuned for more surveys in the coming weeks!