According to the new research conducted by the Westcon-Comster, the leaders of cybersecurity in large companies in the United Kingdom are planning to increase spending on cloud security in 2025 and want the channel's partners to help them increase their return on investment.
The global technology provider, specialized distributor CISO (Senior Information Security officials) and senior executives for security in the end user organizations included at least 1,000 employees in five countries: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
Among the main results is that 84 % of UK security leaders intend to invest in the CNAP application and other cloud safety technologies over the next 12 months. This is a little higher than the international average of 83 %. In all geographical markets, the first three-priority fields of investment are the management of the AI-SPM security position, the management of cloud safety mode (CSPM) and the application safety mode (ASPM).
In the United Kingdom, there is also a special desire to invest in the analysis of software formation, as 45 % of the respondents highlight this as an investment priority. This appetite for investment creates great growth opportunities for channel partners in specific areas.
The vast majority (95 %) of those surveyed in all markets are currently interacting with channel partners, including sellers and managed security services providers, when purchasing and publishing these solutions. Training and empowerment has emerged as the best benefit from channel partners in the eyes of security leaders while they embraced CNAPP, especially in the United Kingdom. In fact, 51 % of the UK respondents have dedicated this as major requirements to average by 40 %-which indicates a strong demand for supporting knowledge to increase cloud safety capabilities.
The most prominent of less than a third (29 %) of the respondents in the United Kingdom is effective and costly access to new solutions as the main reason to participate with channel partners, while one in five (20 %) said what they appreciate from the partners above all is help When moving the cloud safety market and determining the best solutions.
When asked about the main engines for the adoption of CNAPP, security leaders emphasized the need to unify capabilities on a single unified platform, which reduces the complexity and blind spots that come from the use of multi -cyber security sellers and tools. Other stimulating factors include the need to integrate the safety test and comply smoothly, and the desire to unify the vision of risks across cloud environments and a life development cycle.
In the UK, 81 % of security leaders agree to the need to adopt the Devsecops approach to compatibility with the “left transformation” trend that sees operational responsibilities turning towards developers and cloud architects. This is higher than anywhere else and is set against an international average of 75 %.
The publishing of the research comes at a time when Westcon-Commestor announces its intention to create X2C (everything to the cloud) for cybersecurity to move to the market in 2025, and the leadership partner and sellers across the four software instructions to the cloud, infrastructure to the cloud, and data to the cloud And identity to the cloud.
“CNAPP provides a comprehensive approach to securing cloud infrastructure, and combined various jobs and capabilities in one unified platform to provide comprehensive safety through a life cycle of all software development, from a symbol to cloud,” said Daniel Hirill, Senior Vice President, Cyber ​​security solutions and the upcoming generation in WestCon-Commestor. “With the continued development in the cloud safety market, we see that CNAPP becomes a mobile solution to secure cloud work burdens. Our research indicates that this represents an opportunity for the IT channel, with a special demand for training and empowerment. The partners who create themselves in this growth region stand High to reaping rewards in 2025 and beyond. “
