Security News > 2023 > September > What AppSec and developers working in cloud-native environments need to know
Public cloud infrastructure brought forth another significant shift, redefining the boundaries between applications and infrastructure.
The advent of public cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, has greatly influenced the design, deployment, and management of applications.
Cybersecurity professionals need to rethink and retool their strategies, ensuring that security is embedded at every stage of the application's lifecycle, from design to deployment to decommissioning.
These rapid advancements in cloud infrastructure and software development practices combined have redefined application boundaries in three primary dimensions: horizontal, vertical, and the overlap between code and console.
The journey from on-premises software to cloud solutions has seen applications transition from being merely software programs to becoming deeply integrated with their underlying infrastructure.
The evolution from on-premises to IaaS and PaaS, the introduction of public cloud infrastructure, and the advent of IaC have all challenged and expanded our understanding of what an application is.