Security News > 2021 > May > Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Puts Emphasis on the Wrong Issues

If we move too fast, while attempting to shift to the cloud, we will create more issues.

Urgently configured cloud migrations make my job a breeze, especially when we're taking solutions that weren't secured well in the first place, to a new cloud environment.

Rearchitect for the Cloud, but with Eyes Wide Open So, how do we keep our adversaries at bay while we rethink the security of some of our most vulnerable institutions?

We need to be smart, methodical, and purposeful as we transition these vulnerable institutions to the cloud.

Shifting to the cloud creates an ever-expanding perimeter, in other words an attack surface, and moving core assets to the cloud produces unknown risks from shadow IT and forgotten infrastructure.

The EO addresses many critical components to building a resilient system, yet all the effort could be undermined by a hasty cloud migration that doesn't deeply examine how to secure an extremely interconnected cloud system.

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https://threatpost.com/bidens-cybersecurity-executive-order-wrong-issues/166479/