Written by Arye Zacks, Senior Technical Researcher, Adaptive Shield.
APAC security teams need more advanced tools to detect and prevent cyber attacks on SaaS applications
Nearly 70 percent of enterprises in APAC are prioritizing investment in SaaS security by establishing dedicated teams to secure SaaS applications, according to The Annual SaaS Security Survey: 2025 CISO Plans and Priorities by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
More than half of enterprises in APAC also added headcount to their SaaS security programs in 2023, growth that is on par with other regions, the survey found.
In some areas of SaaS security, however, APAC is still catching up. Notably, survey respondents from the APAC region reported weaker SaaS security capabilities in areas such as threat detection, third-party connected apps risk mitigation, and SaaS security misconfiguration remediation.
The survey was commissioned by SaaS security leader Adaptive Shield. Global security professionals across industries shared their perspective on SaaS security successes and challenges as CISOs prepare to set priorities for 2025.
Regional findings appear to correspond with increasing challenges in cybersecurity in…
