Companies’ IT infrastructure continues to become more complex — with multicloud deployments becoming the norm — leaving many businesses with security holes that put them at risk of ransomware attacks, according to a survey of nearly 2,700 IT professionals in 21 countries.
The survey, conducted by Wakefield Research for data protection firm Veritas, found the nearly ubiquitous use of cloud services, with 92% of companies using public cloud infrastructure and applications. The average US company uses 16 cloud services but suffers from the complexity of managing the security of the heterogeneous infrastructure, with 42% of companies experiencing a ransomware attack, according to survey results.
Part of the problem is the piecemeal approach that many businesses take toward cybersecurity, says John Abel, chief information officer of…