INFOGRAPHIC
“
WE ARE ALSO
UNFORTUNATELY
SEEING AN
INCREASE IN BAD
ACTORS LOOKING
TO EXPLOIT
THE SUDDEN
UPTICK IN CLOUD
ADOPTION.
in cloud adoption created by an increase in
working from home,” said Rajiv Gupta, Senior
Vice President, Cloud Security, McAfee. “The
risk of threat actors targeting the cloud far
outweighs the risk brought on by changes
in employee behaviour. Mitigating this risk
requires cloud-native security solutions that
can detect and prevent external attacks and
data loss from the cloud and from the use of
unmanaged devices. Cloud-native security
has to be deployed and managed remotely
and can’t add any friction to employees
whose work from home is essential to the
health of their organisation.”
With cloud-native threats increasing in
step with cloud adoption, all industries
need to evaluate their security posture to
protect against account takeover and data
exfiltration. Companies need to safeguard
against threat actors attempting to exploit
weaknesses in their cloud deployments. Tips
to maintain strong security posture include:
• Think cloud-first: A cloud-centric security
mindset can support the increase in cloud
use and combat cloud-native threats.
Enterprises need to shift their focus to
data in the cloud and to cloud-native
security services so they can maintain
full visibility and control with a remote,
distributed workforce.
• Consider your network: Remote work
reduces the ability for hub and spoke
networking to work effectively with scale.
Network controls should be cloud-delivered
and should connect remote users directly
to the cloud services they need.
• Consolidate and reduce complexity:
Cloud-delivered network security and
cloud-native data security should smoothly
interoperate, ideally be consolidated
to reduce complexity and total cost
of ownership and increase security
effectiveness and responsiveness. •
“
THESE TRENDS
EMPHASISE
THE NEED FOR
NEW SECURITY
DELIVERY
MODELS IN THE
DISTRIBUTED
WORK FROM HOME
ENVIRONMENT
OF TODAY – AND,
LIKELY, THE
FUTURE.
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