The study, carried out at the Def Con 2010 Hacker conference in Las Vegas, revealed that 96 per cent of hackers believe that cloud-based solutions will open up opportunities for them.
According to Barmak Meftah, chief products officer of Fortify Software, which sponsored the poll, there is a feeling that cloud vendors are not doing their best to tackle security issues.
He added: 'While 'only' 12 per cent said they hacked cloud systems for financial gain, that still means a sizeable headache for any IT manager planning to migrate their IT resources into the cloud.'
The release of the research has come after a study by Gartner suggested that the security software market is set to grow by 11 per cent in 2010.
It also revealed that the consumer market remains the largest security software segment.
According to Barmak Meftah, chief products officer of Fortify Software, which sponsored the poll, there is a feeling that cloud vendors are not doing their best to tackle security issues.
He added: 'While 'only' 12 per cent said they hacked cloud systems for financial gain, that still means a sizeable headache for any IT manager planning to migrate their IT resources into the cloud.'
The release of the research has come after a study by Gartner suggested that the security software market is set to grow by 11 per cent in 2010.
It also revealed that the consumer market remains the largest security software segment.
