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During AWS re:Inforce, Amazon executives emphasized how important access control is when it comes to cloud security and why IT leaders need to ask who has access to what and why. The executives emphasized the importance of enabling multi-factor authentication and blocking public access, with Kurt Kufeld, vice president of AWS platform, going as far as to say it "Will absolutely save lives."

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.

Cloud security is a challenge likely to keep a lot of IT professionals awake at night. Agents will cover security scanning, software patching, configuration, general system monitoring and system restarts/reboots.

Cloud security company Lacework has laid off 20 percent of its employees, just months after two record-breaking funding rounds pushed its valuation to $8.3 billion. A spokesperson wouldn't confirm the total number of employees affected, though told The Register that the "Widely speculated number on Twitter is a significant overestimate."

Autodesk needed scalable and secure cloud security to build new applications and extend internal data centers. Fortinet's Adaptive Cloud Security enabled Autodesk to implement a scalable, secure VPC model that would both satisfy the north-south firewall requirement and facilitate minimal latency for east-west traffic.

Autodesk needed scalable and secure cloud security to build new applications and extend internal data centers. Fortinet's Adaptive Cloud Security enabled Autodesk to implement a scalable, secure VPC model that would both satisfy the north-south firewall requirement and facilitate minimal latency for east-west traffic.

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Autodesk needed scalable and secure cloud security to build new applications and extend internal data centers. Fortinet's Adaptive Cloud Security enabled Autodesk to implement a scalable, secure VPC model that would both satisfy the north-south firewall requirement and facilitate minimal latency for east-west traffic.

Cloud security: How your public cloud environment may be vulnerable to data breach. A report released Tuesday by cloud security provider Laminar examines how a lack of visibility, poor controls and shadow data can leave your cloud environment open to security threats.

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.