As organizations prioritize digital transformation, they are moving services to the cloud at a rapid clip. Yet when making this shift, many companies fail to make the necessary updates to their security programs and solutions to protect the new cloud perimeter. Rather than redesigning their security infrastructure for the cloud, many organizations are simply wrapping the cloud around their legacy technologies, relying on legacy network security solutions to protect their data.
In a world of hybrid and multicloud, traditional network security no longer offers the same advantages or protection. Identity is the new perimeter, and it has become a critical attack surface for bad actors.
Cloud is here to stay. As such, efforts need to be made to strengthen users’ identities and control access to them. If such measures are not taken to strengthen authentication and access…
