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90% OF IT DECISION-MAKERS ACROSS KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE AMPLIFY THEIR
FOCUS ON CYBER SECURITY - ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

Johannesburg, September 01, 2021

Over 90% of IT decision makers across South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe have
accelerated their Cyber Security due to the substantial emergence of digital
ways of working. This according to the latest 2021 research undertaken by
leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies.

The study established some of the main concerns about Cyber Security threats and
the most significant impacts of digital breaches on an organisational level. A
critical insight from the research suggests that 79% of businesses from all
three countries attribute an increase in Cyber Security threats to the advent of
remote working. Data breaches like data extortion, data leakage and data
disclosure constitute almost 71% of the cyber-attacks for Kenyan businesses, and
over 70% of South African and Zimbabwean organisations consider email attacks
like Phishing the most prominent digital threats.

The participants from the research also indicated an increased consumption of
Cloud-based services this year, with the numbers being as high as 96% in South
Africa, 95% in Kenya and 75% in Zimbabwe. This comes from a jump in Microsoft
Office 365, Teams, Zoom, Google Workspace, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web
Services.

Consequentially, Cyber Security threats and concerns seem to be spiralling up as
the workforce continues to shift to working through digital platforms. According
to the research, managing user access to information, data loss and recovery,
visibility and control of data, and compliance challenges remain some of the
biggest concerns for organisations. Almost 80% of organisations that
participated in this research from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya agree that
Cyber Security threats have increased over the past year.

When segmented by respondents working specifically in large enterprises, the
research permitted a more informed audience and knowledgeable opinions.
According to the study, an emerging trend for 2021 is that 53% of the
respondents emphasise security and data protection as significant concerns. Some
of the biggest security concerns cited by businesses using Cloud services are
managing user access to information, data loss, recovery and lack of security
controls made available by Cloud providers. The research also pointed out Email
attacks, Web-based attacks, Social Engineering, Malware, Ransomware and Data
Breaches to be the top concerns around Cyber Security in 2021.

Ignus de Villiers, Group Head of Cyber Security, Liquid Intelligent
Technologies, says, “The result of our research confirms that Cyber Security
should be at the centre of every business conversation and emphasises the need
to establish an appropriate Cyber Security Framework that matches the business
environment. Critically, the framework must look beyond technical security
controls to include information security management covering governance, risk,
compliance, people, processes and technology”.

The 2021 research from Liquid takes a deep dive into the current and emerging
trends for Cyber Security to help businesses understand the dynamic nature of
the Cyber Security threat landscape. Liquid aims to highlight the importance of
investing in Cyber Security controls and take a microscopic look at the current
trends that navigate this complex field, thereby allowing its clients,
consumers, and partners to adjust their existing security infrastructure to be
well prepared for the future.

For an in-depth analysis and assessment of Cyber Security trends, read the full
report here.






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