Moving on Up: Ready to Climb to the Cloud?

Moving on Up: Ready to Climb to the Cloud?
Among the complications: traditional security tools work poorly or not at all in the cloud, and if a company screws up, the whole Internet will know.

Some people dread moving. Understandable. Others, however, get a real charge from the opportunity to purge, scale down, and take only what they need.    


As the digital landscape changes, organizations are doing some purging of their own as they move to the cloud. But that transition isn't as easy as packing up dishes and linens, putting boxes on a truck, and heading off to a new destination.


Migrating to the cloud is challenging because not only must organizations determine what they will need in the cloud, but all of those applications must then be rebuilt in a new environment. All the while, the attack surface in need of defense is expanding, and the rules that worked in a network environment might not be enough in the cloud.


"A major factor complicating cloud security is that traditional security tools work poorly or not at all in the cloud," says Dan Hubbard, CEO at Lacework. "Even if the most skilled cloud migration staff members recognize that security is important and necessary, businesses are often fuzzy about the details of cloud security."


Moving at the Speed of DevOpsThe speed at which businesses now operate has directly impacted the speed at which applications are developed and moved to the cloud. Because no one has the gift of hindsight to truly prepare for threats in this new environment, security teams have their work cut out for them.


It's no surprise, then, that ..

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