Security News > 2023 > November > Traditional cloud security isn’t up to the task

In the last year, 47% of all data breaches originated in the cloud, and more than 6 in 10 respondents believe cloud security is lacking and poses a severe risk to their business operations, according to Illumio.

97% believe Zero Trust Segmentation can greatly improve their organization's cloud security strategy because it improves digital trust, ensures business continuity, and bolsters cyber resilience.

According to the research, the main threats to organizations' cloud security are: workloads and data overlapping traditional boundaries; a lack of understanding of the division of responsibility between cloud providers and vendors; social engineering attacks; a lack of visibility across multi-cloud deployments; and rising malware and ransomware attacks.

Respondents overwhelmingly believe their organization's current approach to cloud security creates severe risks: 95% say they need better visibility of connectivity with third party software.

ZTS addresses organizations' visibility and security concerns by: continuously monitoring the connectivity between cloud applications, data, and workloads; minimizing the reach and impact of an attack by containing its spread; and offering insights into unnecessary connectivity that could be leading to increased vulnerability.

"Organizations need modern security approaches that offer them real-time visibility and containment by default to mitigate risk and optimize opportunities afforded by the cloud. I'm optimistic that nearly every security team is prioritizing improving cloud security in the months ahead, and that they see solutions like ZTS as an essential piece of their Zero Trust journey."

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