Security and IT professionals in the Middle East are demonstrating a rising desire to secure critical applications and data. Encryption adoption for private cloud infrastructure is up 8% over the past two years and Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) management support was cited an important feature of cloud encryption solutions by 42% (vs. 34% globally), making this the 4th straight year that this was above the global average of encryption. Just 29% of Middle East companies surveyed indicate that they have a consistently applied encryption plan/strategy.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/06/04/higher-encryption-adoption/