The Public Sector Takes To The Cloud

At the height of South Africa’s disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mimecast hosted two roundtable discussions with key public sector IT and security leaders at national, regional and local levels to explore the state of cloud adoption in South Africa’s public sector. The groups sought to understand what could be holding back greater adoption, and what the lessons of a successful transition to the cloud are.

Based on real insights from security professionals in South Africa’s public sector, this report explores how organizations can aid cloud adoption by focusing on three core aspects, namely data sovereignty, vendor and channel support, and security.