Security News > 2020 > April > Enterprises regard the cloud as critical for innovation, but struggle with security

Most enterprises believe embracing the public cloud is critical to fuel innovation, but the majority are not equipped to operate in the cloud securely, according to a DivvyCloud survey of nearly 2,000 IT professionals.

"Only 35% of respondents do not believe security impedes developers' self-service access to best-in-class cloud services to drive innovation-meaning 65% believe they must choose between giving developers self-service access to tools that fuel innovation and remaining secure."

"The truth is, security issues in the cloud can be avoided. By employing the necessary people, processes, and systems at the same time as cloud adoption, enterprises can reap the benefits of the cloud while ensuring continuous security and compliance."

Automation is coveted but not leveraged in cloud security: Nearly 70% of all respondents believe that automation can provide benefits to their organization's cloud security strategy, but only 48% say their cloud security strategy currently incorporates products that leverage automation.

Developers and security are misaligned: Almost half of all respondents whose organizations use public cloud said their developers and engineers at times ignore or circumvent cloud security and compliance policies.

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