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GUEST ESSAY: The key to a successful cloud migration – embrace a security-first strategy

The Last Watchdog

Gartner predicts that spending on public cloud alone is set to top $500 billion in 2022 – a 20% growth over last year. But often overlooked in the migration process is the significance of a company’s embedded security measures. It may slow the start but designing with security-first in mind can save you a lot of trouble down the road.

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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

In addition to these challenges, cloud security adds a new form of security alert for analysts to triage and investigate, adding to the overall costs. Managing cloud alerts effectively requires overcoming the unique complexities introduced by cloud architectures.

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NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

The Last Watchdog

LW: What obstacles are companies running into with cloud migration? Tamir: The problem is that companies have thousands of applications and systems that they need to migrate to the cloud, including older applications and homegrown applications. This becomes a barrier to cloud migration.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: Dealing with the return of computing workloads to on-premises datacenters

The Last Watchdog

A cloud migration backlash, of sorts, is playing out. Related: Guidance for adding ZTNA to cloud platforms Many companies, indeed, are shifting to cloud-hosted IT infrastructure, and beyond that, to containerization and serverless architectures.

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Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO

SC Magazine

Whenever a company establishes a connection to a CSP, it has to consider whether to change its architecture. The post Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO appeared first on SC Media. Other standards to consider are the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls and FedRAMP.

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MY TAKE: As network perimeters shift and ecosystems blend, the role of MSSPs solidifies

The Last Watchdog

Here are a few takeaways: A converged ecosystem Cloud migration and rapid software development were both on a rising curve when Covid 19 hit and the global economy suddenly shut down in 2020. the architecture must come first, and then they can decide which product choices they would prefer.”

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Q&A: The lesser role VPNs now play for enterprises, SMBs — in a post-pandemic world

The Last Watchdog

However, VPN pipes have become less efficient with the rising use of personally-owed mobile devices increasing reliance on cloud-centric IT resources. LW: What about SMBs; how does a traditional VPN service fit as cloud migration deepens? Below are excerpts of our dialogue, edited for clarity and length.

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