Symantec’s 2011 State of Cloud Survey on Asia South, examines how organizations are adopting cloud computing and dealing with the changes it can impose on their approach to managing IT. According to the survey, organizations have mixed feelings when it comes to security – with a majority ranking it as both a top concern and top goal of moving to the cloud. The survey also revealed that IT organizations may not be adequately prepared for the move to the cloud, as more than half of the respondents said their IT staffs are not ready at this time. The study is based on 5,300 responses in 38 countries globally, of which 1,100 responses came from Asia South countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India.

1. State of the Cloud Survey
South Asia Key Findings

2. Methodology
• Survey performed by Applied Research
• 5,300 global organizations
– 1,100 organizations in South Asia
– India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,
Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam
• From 5 to more than 5,000 employees
• Cross-industry
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3. Key Findings
• Security in the cloud is both the #1 goal and the #1 concern for IT
• IT staff is not completely ready for the move to cloud
• While interest in cloud is very high, broad adoption still remains low
• For those who have implemented, a ‘reality vs. expectations’ gap exists
• Most organizations are adopting cloud services, especially security services
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4. Cloud Security Top Goal and Top Concern
• Improving security is the #1 goal of organizations implementing cloud
• Most (84%) believe cloud will not impact or will actually improve their
security posture
• Yet, they rate security as their #1 concern. Top threat models?
– Mass malware outbreak at your cloud provider
– Rogue use of cloud leading to a data breach
– Hacker-based data theft from your cloud provider
– Sharing sensitive data insecurely via the cloud
– Complete loss of data relevant to court case

5. IT Staff Not Ready for the Move to Cloud
• Half rate their IT staff as ‘less than somewhat prepared’ to handle cloud
• Less than 1 in 3 IT staff have cloud experience
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6. IT Staff Not Ready for the Move to Cloud
• Almost half report they are growing their cloud staffing
• Large reliance on outside consultants to bridge the gap

7. Lots of Discussion …
• Organizations aggressively moving to all forms of cloud
• More than three-fourths (78-85%) at least discussing cloud
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8. … Not Much Adoption
• However, only 6-13% have finished implementing
– SaaS: 13%
– Private IaaS/PaaS: 13%
– Public IaaS/PaaS: 10%
– Hybrid IaaS/PaaS: 6%
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9. Reality Not Meeting Expectations
• Large gaps between expected and realized goals
– Improved DR readiness (34%)
– Increased IT agility (30%)
– Reduced OpEx (28%)
– Increased computing efficiency (28%)
– Increased security (21%)
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10. High Adoption of Cloud Services, Especially Security
• Top services?
– Virtual desktop
– Web and IM security
– Authentication
– Endpoint security
– Security management

11. Symantec Recommendations
• Take the lead in embracing cloud computing
• Set information and application tiers
• Assess your risk and set appropriate policies
• Educate and train your organization
• Get started now
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