AT least 34 percent of private companies in the Asia-Pacific region have sought third party professionals to deal with their cybersecurity defenses..

According to a known anti-virus company Kaspersky, this is part of the companies gearing up for the continuous launches of digital attacks.

A study made by the Russian cybersecurity firm said that some 77 percent of the surveyed information technology (IT) security experts admitted to dealing with various digital threats over the span of 24 months.

Majority of such attacks were said to be “serious” by the respondents.

Among the reasons that they gave include cyber incidents due to the lack of threat detection tools.

They also lamented having a shortage of IT staff.

“Businesses in Asia-Pacific have been battling shortage in local cybersecurity professionals for years now. In fact, in 2022, it’s reported that the region needs 2.1 million more security staff to meet the demand,” Adrian Hia, managing director for Asia-Pacific at Kaspersky said.