Security News > 2021 > June > Investing in the right future for the cloud

A successful cloud strategy is about much more than investing a large amount of capital, however.

Business and IT leaders now have a golden opportunity to not only increase their cloud adoption, but to consider how they can adapt their operations around cloud capabilities.

Crucially, a cloud breach also comes with even greater consequences, as attackers can rapidly move across the network and co-opt sharing and networking functions to spread their attack to other users.

XaaS shifts many capital expenditure costs into operating expenses, with infrastructure-as-a-service enabling a firm to move fundamental networking and storage needs to the cloud and away from on-premises hardware.

While it has a high potential for providing cost savings, businesses are under pressure to ensure that their cloud investments are in the right area, and will see strong, measurable ROI. The increasing need to provide a high level of accessibility and security across multiple locations can be extremely costly if not approached in the right way.

Hybrid approaches are often a sign of a business that is still in the midst of a transition to the cloud, although many organizations have assets that they cannot move to the cloud for technical or legal reasons.

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