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A Hornetsecurity hybrid cloud adoption survey of 900+ IT professionals primarily based in North America and Europe found that 93% of businesses are adopting a hybrid of cloud and on-premise solutions or migrating fully to the cloud within 5 years. While 29% of respondents said they are using hybrid cloud solutions as a steppingstone to a full cloud environment, 67% of respondents see hybrid as a final destination for their infrastructure due to workloads that must remain on premise.
Orca Security released a research report on public cloud security alert fatigue. "Multiple, disconnected tools continue to plague security teams. Having to sift through hundreds of 'high priority' often meaningless alerts is causing security practitioners to become overwhelmed and leading to burnout and turnover, exacerbating cybersecurity staff shortages," said Avi Shua, CEO, Orca Security.
Security alerts from multiple cloud vendors are overwhelming IT professionals. What happens when those notifications get out of hand? A report released Tuesday by cloud security provider Orca Security details how a flood of security alerts can easily trigger alert fatigue.
Sensitive mobile app data found unprotected in the cloud. Experienced developers who use the cloud to create mobile apps typically try to harden their apps to protect them against different types of attack.
The global cloud computing market is expected to reach $1,554. Together with the simplicity of deployment and lower total cost of ownership, these advantages are likely to raise cloud computing demand throughout the forecast period, driving the market growth.
DDoS attacks expand as cybercriminals target cloud providers and ransomware victims. Cybercriminals expanded the types of organizations at the receiving end of DDoS attacks.
Microsoft has announced that the company's new cloud-based Microsoft Defender security solution has entered preview for home customers in the United States. While Microsoft paints a pretty picture of Microsoft Defender Preview's capabilities, in reality, the application is in its very early stages.
Researchers have disclosed three security vulnerabilities affecting Pascom Cloud Phone System that could be combined to achieve a full pre-authenticated remote code execution of affected systems. Kerbit security researcher Daniel Eshetu said the shortcomings, when chained together, can lead to "An unauthenticated attacker gaining root on these devices."
Cloud storage enables an organization to access critical data from anywhere, a welcome benefit during the remote work era. Improving security: Adopting clear cloud storage policies and procedures.
The majority of IT decision-makers plan to increase their organization's use of public cloud and private cloud infrastructure over the next 18-24 months. Despite recognizing the benefits of the cloud, not all workloads are destined for cloud platforms, and some organizations are experiencing a 'cloud boomerang effect' among specific applications.