May 12, 2024 at 10:55PM
Security experts warn of increasing cyber threats in the Asia Pacific, with 78% of cybersecurity professionals in the region reporting incidents in the past year. Cloudflare advocates for a centralized approach to security, offering Everywhere Security platform to mitigate cyber-attacks in distributed work environments. This aligns with ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025’s vision. For more information, visit the Cloudflare website.
Key Takeaways from the Meeting Notes:
1. There is a pressing need for organizations across the Asia Pacific, particularly in the ASEAN region, to enhance their IT security infrastructures due to the escalating cyber threats.
2. A whitepaper by Cloudflare, titled “Securing the Future: Asia Pacific Cybersecurity Readiness Survey,” uncovered that a significant majority of cybersecurity professionals in the region have experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past year. Furthermore, the number of incidents has seen a marked increase.
3. Cloudflare’s SVP & Chief Security Officer, Grant Bourzikas, highlighted the inadequacies of the current patchwork cybersecurity architectures in the ASEAN region and the limitations of disjointed security solutions.
4. Cloudflare has introduced “Everywhere Security,” a comprehensive centralized security services platform, which offers a unified global platform for cloud-native Zero Trust, application and API protection, email security, and network security services.
5. Cloudflare’s Everywhere Security aims to neutralize cyber-attacks across all stages of the attack lifecycle and is designed to protect hybrid work environments while coordinating protection across the internet, applications, and corporate networks.
6. By utilizing suppliers like Cloudflare, ASEAN organizations can align themselves with the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025, which aims to drive the region’s digital cooperation and advancement through secure and transformative digital services.
These takeaways signify the critical need for improved cybersecurity solutions in response to the escalating cyber threats in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the ASEAN countries. Cloudflare’s Everywhere Security offers a comprehensive and centralized approach to addressing these challenges and aligning with the region’s digital transformation goals.