An enterprise’s risk posture is directly affected by its chosen cloud adoption model (CAM) — whether it be a single cloud, multicloud or hybrid cloud. The Uneven Handshake — Cloud’s Shared Security ModelCloud service providers (CSPs) use a shared security model to segregate security responsibilities between customers and themselves. Due to the complex nature of the cloud ecosystem, is it wise to depend on one CSP to act as the sole cloud security provider in a multicloud environment? As cloud markets mature, major third-party security providers may be better suited to provide multicloud security than the CSPs themselves. Cloud Security ComplexityThe Cloud Security Alliance recently released a report (registration required) on “Cloud Security Complexity.” The CSA’s key findings included that organizations jumping into cloud computing may lack full visibility into their cloud resources, may not understand cloud computing complexity, may lack security expertise and are generally very concerned about compliance.

Source: Forbes October 17, 2019 12:33 UTC