Cyber security solutions for public cloud and as-a-service grew by 46% year-on-year for the first quarter of the current year, the analyst firm Canalys says.

The transition to the cloud may result in increased security threats due to lack of expertise among administrators and possible misconfigurations, a cloud security professional says.

Global quarterly spending on cyber security rose above the US$10 billion mark for the first time in the last three months of 2018, the analyst firm Canalys says, adding that, according to its estimates, the total investment in cyber security for the year touched US$37 billion, a rise of 9% year-on-year.