Back to Basics: Maintaining Cloud Migration Oversight While Navigating the New Normal

Back to Basics: Maintaining Cloud Migration Oversight While Navigating the New Normal

On the fifth and final installment of our Remote Work Readiness Series, Rapid7 taps industry insiders for what the future of security leadership might look like as we enter the next phase. From successful cloud journeys to the benefits of user- and service-based security controls, get their take on everything risk management as we find a new normal.


Moving forward with cloud migration and acceleration


Perhaps the most obvious industry change in recent months is the massive shift to a remote workforce. The home network is the new corporate network, and with everyone working from home, the need for remote endpoint security looms large. Security teams must find the tools to protect and monitor activity on networks trafficked by other devices. If the current asset environment is like an island in the middle of the ocean surrounded by vicious sharks, it’s not necessarily ideal for workstation security.


Related: See how the Rapid7 Insight Platform helps you monitor and secure your remote workers


What’s more, because of the new environment, the economically constrained among us cannot simply adopt controls from the past. To optimize limited operating budgets, consider flexible partnerships, such as managed services, with the intention of reassessing the arrangement further down the road.  


Our experience with COVID-19 may not have changed how we think about the cloud, but it did accelerate users down the path to cloud migration, fueled by SaaS applications and cloud infrastructure. Successful cloud migration projects don’t require overhauling every program and compliance process. Rather, staying consistent with existing controls typical ..

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