Build a Cloud Security Management Program With Confidence

Build a Cloud Security Management Program With Confidence
Cloud security is a top concern for many CISOs – a continuous cloud security program can help keep you protected Tuesday, May 25, 2021By: Mihir Mistry - Director IT Security

SUMMARY


Is your business pushing for more cloud-based security adoption?
Are you worried about cloud security and ownership of your data and information?
Having a hard time understanding how to align your security goals with business goals?

Technology is constantly evolving. Cloud adds another dynamic to this growth and evolution. As artificial intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things capabilities are becoming crucial to the success of a business, so is the security and visibility of the related data and information. CISOs and security teams have the task of supporting this strategy while also advocating for the transformation of the company. You want to ensure that you are working in tandem with your CIO, CTO and other leadership to communicate the risk of cloud migration clearly and confidently. Awareness of risk should make everyone comfortable on what risk you are able to accept, remediate and or transfer as part of your cloud security program.


CISOs are concerned about cloud security


Cloud security is a hot topic for 57% of CISOs according to the Club CISO Information Security Maturity Report 2020¹. Another report from the Cloud Security Alliance sheds light on the nature of the risk when it comes to cloud. The CSA’s Top Threats to Cloud Computing² report identified the following as the top three reasons why data breaches occur in the cloud:


Misconfiguration and inadequate change control
Lack of cloud security architecture and design
Insufficient identity, credentials, access, and key management

In addition to the above, data management and governance is another challenge in when it comes to cloud security management. It’s easy to ..

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