Complexity Exacerbates Cloud Cybersecurity Threats
New TechTarget article explains how as cloud becomes intrinsic to IT, shifting roles have led to some risks being overlooked... but companies are getting smarter about alleviating threats.
Cloud computing has been part of Enterprise IT strategies for more than a decade, but for various reasons, many organizations still struggle with securing their deployments. Continued vulnerability to threats in the cloud persists because cloud use has become more complicated as new technologies are introduced.
According to security leaders, there are several notable reasons for cloud security issues including a continued reliance on security programs developed for an IT stack on premise, policies that allow overly broad and unnecessary access, shadow IT, and technological advances.