10% Of Business Security Systems Will Be In The Cloud By 2015

Suppliers of security solutions also jumping on the cloud, and within two years, this business segment will move 4,200 million worldwide.

As the storage, servers and even desktops are uploaded to the cloud, security systems would not be an exception. In that sense, Gartner has published its forecasts of industry cloud security , most notably that in 2015 one in ten corporate ICT security facilities will be provided from the cloud .

Gartner noted in its report that the market expected to reach 4,200 million move in 2016, focusing on areas such as email security, gateways, remote vulnerabilities and identity and access management (IAM).

According to Eric Ahlm, research director at Gartner: "The demand for companies seeking security services based in the cloud to address staff shortages or skills, reduce costs or achieve compliance with safety standards in a fast and simple, remains high. This change in the buying behavior of organizations towards delivery models based on the cloud solutions offers great opportunities for suppliers of technology and services delivery capabilities cloud , but without these capabilities have to act quickly to adapt to this competitive threat. "

And another Gartner report released last September, confirmed that spending on security in cloud will increase significantly in the next twelve months, with 74% of respondents who rated the world take priority cloud email security.

Another area that is likely to experience substantial growth is the information and event management (SIEM) as a service. However, many customers in the enterprise segment remain cautious about sending sensitive information to cloud providers, an aspect that is key to overcoming the doubts of the most traditional companies.