An interesting aspect in O'Reilly's latest Cloud Adoption report based on a global survey conducted is that 90% of the responders are using the cloud to support their business.
One of the key takeaways from the State of the Cloud report from Flexera that studied the organization's cloud adoption progress around the world is that 92 % of the enterprise organizations are adopting a multi-cloud strategy, and 80% of the organizations are adopting hybrid cloud model.
One of the major areas of cloud spending by organizations of all sizes is public cloud.
As cloud adoption continues to grow, the concerns related to cloud security also increase.
Based on the Flexera State of the Cloud report, 82% of organizations reported that managing cloud costs is one of the biggest cloud security challenges, and 79% of the organizations consider cloud security as their primary challenge.
Interestingly, out of all businesses that are most affected by cloud security incidents, startups contribute to 89%. Statistics that summarize the organization's top cloud challenges.
As the adoption landscape progresses and evolves, so does the effectiveness of the organization's cloud security state, which has been continuously evaluated.
To start with, here are a few key cloud security strategies that organizations could adopt to secure the adoption landscape.
Adopting a comprehensive security framework is the fundamental aspect of the goal of establishing a robust security posture in the cloud environments.
Here are a few Cloud Security frameworks that organizations could adopt: MITRE ATT&CK, Center for Internet Security, Cloud Security Alliance's Security Trust Assurance and Risk, ISO/IEC 27017:2015 and a few cloud provider-developed frameworks such as AWS Foundation Security Best Practices Standard Microsoft cloud security benchmarks and IBM Cloud Security framework.
The Shared Responsibility Model is a security and compliance framework that defines the responsibilities of cloud service providers and cloud customers for securing every aspect of the cloud environment, including hardware, infrastructure, endpoints, data, configurations, settings, operating system, network controls and access rights.
Data and network security are critical aspects of overall cloud security.
Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and securing the communication channels within the cloud environment is essential for a healthy and robust cloud security posture.
Network security plays a critical role equal to data security as network security deals with fortifying the communication channels in, out, and within the cloud landscape.
Cloud Security training and awareness initiatives are integral to building a strong security culture within an organization.
These programs empower employees to contribute actively to the organization's security objectives and foster collective responsibility for maintaining a secure cloud environment.
Cloud misconfigurations contribute heavily to the data and security breaches that occur.
One of the most common causes of cloud misconfiguration is misunderstanding who is responsible for securing cloud assets.
Such a tremendous cloud adoption rate across industries also presents a greater risk of cloud security.
As an outcome of a cloud breach, the cloud is expensive both financially and in terms of reputation, and the emphasis on Cloud Security is justified.
This Cyber News was published on feeds.dzone.com. Publication date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:43:04 +0000