As demand for cloud computing grows, so does the need to secure it. In a survey of its Technology Executive Council members, CNBC found that cloud and software-defined security are among the C-suite’s top technology strategies for 2020.
As reported in this video, cloud computing tops the list, and it’s followed by machine learning, artificial intelligence and software-defined security. The CNBC Technology Executive Council has nearly 150 executives in various industries, 70% of whom participated in the survey. The survey shows that securing cloud environments is a major priority – not only for the C-suite but also for cybersecurity workers.
Another study, by the SANS Institute, provides further proof. "The SANS survey showed that rapid movement of corporate services and business applications to cloud-based technology is the biggest factor causing breakage in existing security architectures as well as driving most new security spending," John Pescatore, SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends, said in a Yahoo! Finance article.
Slightly more than 50% of respondents in the SANS survey believe increased reliance on public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) implementations will be the biggest disrupter to security in the next 12 months. As a result, 71% of respondents see a need to boost spending on cloud security monitoring, as well as cloud access security broker cloud-specific tools (53%), staff skills training (52%) and strong authentication (46%), according to Yahoo! Finance.
The (ISC)2 2019 Cybersecurity Workforce Study revealed that cybersecurity workers placed cloud computing security among their top skills development priorities. This reflects a recognition that cloud-based environments are bi ..
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