Companies fast-tracked their security plans in 2020 due to the pandemic. Timelines that had stretched into the next three or five years were condensed into six months as the business landscape underwent rapid change and the remote workforce boomed.
Even pre-pandemic, many companies were undergoing significant transformation as they transitioned to cloud or hybrid architectures and grappled with problems caused by tool sprawl due to the quick adoption of many disparate tools. For some, COVID fueled and exacerbated these challenges.
Organizations, and especially chief information security officers (CISOs), should keep the following in mind with the COVID-accelerated shift to the cloud, where they're running into trouble with tool sprawl and looking to implement new security solutions.
Factors to Remember When Shifting to the CloudIt's no secret that companies have been moving to the cloud in droves. In some cases, the pandemic sparked this shift, but many were already on the path. And COVID's impact hasn't been all negative; in many ways it let organizations hit the "restart" button and take a close look at their security strategy.
Regardless of what prompts a company's move to the cloud, it's important to not neglect the first requirement of any successful security program: Visibility.
Companies must be cognizant that their existing tools may not provide as much (if any) value in the cloud. Visibility is the key to determining whether old tools still provide value, and if not, what should be replaced.
Additionally, companies need to set a cadence of patching and maintaining systems that are no longer on-premises. Even though an organization is in t ..
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