Security News > 2022 > July > 60% of IT leaders are not confident about their secure cloud access

60% of IT and security leaders are not confident in their organization's ability to ensure secure cloud access, even as adoption continues to grow across a diverse range of cloud environments, according to research from the Ponemon Institute.

The Global Study on Zero Trust Security for the Cloud surveyed nearly 1,500 IT decision makers and security professionals worldwide to examine the pain points they experience in securing cloud environments and how zero trust security methods can enable digital transformation.

ZTNA can help organizations keep pace with agile cloud deployments by providing a unified policy engine that delivers secure access for all users, devices and workloads, regardless of where they reside.

"This research validates that while cloud security isn't easy, applying zero trust principles to ensure secure access to cloud workloads goes beyond protecting valuable data and actually can fast-track an organization's digital transformation," said Jawahar Sivasankaran, President and Chief Operating Officer at Appgate.

Only 33% of respondents are confident their IT organization knows all the cloud computing applications, platforms or infrastructure services currently in use.

More than half of respondents cite account takeover or credential theft and third-party access risks as top threats to their cloud infrastructure.

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