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Security, Compliance Risks Complicate Cloud Migration Efforts 

Security Boulevard

Security and compliance risks are ranked as among the top barriers to achieving value from investments moving to the cloud as organizations grapple with what they consider an “urgent priority,” according to a recent report from Accenture.

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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.

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Cloud Migration Security Woes

Anton on Security

For example, you may have used a security configuration scanner on-premise, but now you can use the tools your cloud provider has for the same purpose ? Assuming your on-premise controls served your compliance, security and risks perfectly (it IS possible, no?), why do you then assume that your requirements are the same in the cloud?

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Manufacturing’s Cloud Migration Opens Door to Major Cyber-Risk

Threatpost

New research shows that while all sectors are at risk, 70 percent of manufacturing apps have vulnerabilities.

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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

This multi or hybrid cloud strategy can introduce unexpected complexities and challenges, which are exacerbated when different business units and teams adopt cloud solutions without the approval or knowledge of the central IT department. Storing data in the cloud also comes with a heightened risk of data breaches.

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

SC Magazine

It’s crucial to understanding the fitness of the CSP to assess future risk. Security risk review. The General Services Administration has developed the Federal Risk and Management program to help manage the NIST controls. Ensuring clean connectivity will reduce risk so there’s less of a chance for outages.