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Organizations are struggling to sufficiently secure new cloud environments implemented during the pandemic, while maintaining legacy equipment and trying to adapt their overall security strategy to the evolving landscape, according to a Proofpoint study released in collaboration with The Cloud Security Alliance reveals.

"In the wake of COVID-19, organizations substantially accelerated their digital transformation initiatives to accommodate a remote workforce." said Hillary Baron, lead author and research analyst at CSA, the world's leading organization in defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

"While these initiatives strive toward improving worker productivity, product quality, or other business objectives, there are unintended consequences and challenges because of the large-scale structural changes required. One of those challenges is developing a cohesive approach to cloud and web threats while managing legacy and on-premise security infrastructure."

43% of organizations listed protecting customer data as their primary cloud and web security objective for 2022.

"As organizations adopt cloud infrastructures to support their remote and hybrid work environments, they must not forget that people are the new perimeter. It is an organization's responsibility to properly train and educate employees and stakeholders on how to identify, resist and report attacks before damage is done." said Mayank Choudhary, EVP and GM of Information Protection, Cloud Security & Compliance for Proofpoint.

"Cultivating a culture of security within and around your organization coupled with the use of multiple streamlined solutions is critical to effectively protect people against cloud and web threats and defend organizational data."

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