Security News > 2021 > September > Third-party cloud providers: Expanding the attack surface

The pandemic has forced most organizations to accelerate their digital transformation and migrate to the cloud though third-party cloud providers.

Every time an organization shares data with a third party, they expand their attack surface and put data and customers at risk.

As a result, these organizations either choose not to assess their third parties or only assess a small amount-missing other suppliers, vendors or partners that could have serious vulnerabilities.

Deep levels of visibility, as well as powerful data and analytics, can show organizations the controls that their third parties have in place to defend against attacks and allow them to alert these vendors/partners to security gaps so they can remediate.

How to make organizations more aware of the challenges and threats when relying on third-party cloud providers and what should their priorities be when choosing one?

A successful program will put in place a collaborative approach that alerts suppliers and partners to vulnerabilities or gaps in their security controls and allows organizations to work together to identify potential risks and remediate them before an attack occurs.

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