By Synopsys Software Integrity Group<\/i><\/p>\n
As 2019 hits the halfway mark, the top three cloud security trends from previous years continue. In fact, they\u2019ve grown. A survey of the 400,000 members of the Cybersecurity Insiders<\/a> information security community explored what\u2019s top of mind for these predominantly senior-level managers in IT security and IT operations:<\/p>\n \u2022The top cloud security concern<\/b> is data loss and leakage (64% of respondents).<\/p>\n \u2022The most challenging part of cloud compliance<\/b> is monitoring for new vulnerabilities in cloud services (43%).<\/p>\n \u2022The biggest barrier to cloud adoption<\/b> is data security, loss, and leakage risks (29%).<\/p>\n Public cloud security, confidence, and concerns<\/b><\/p>\n Top cloud providers<\/a> AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud should take note: Cloud security is a huge concern for cyber security professionals. The vast majority, as revealed in the 2019 Cloud Security Report<\/a>, are moderately to extremely concerned. And they have every reason to be, faced with an upward trend in cloud security incidents, including high-profile data breaches, and the OWASP Top 10<\/a> now including a category for components known to be vulnerable.<\/p>\n Paradoxically, most respondents also reported being at least moderately confident in their organization\u2019s own cloud security posture. It\u2019s hard to reconcile this level of confidence with the challenges listed in the report. Do cyber security professionals think the problems trending in cloud security only apply to the other guys?<\/p>\n The top cloud security concern is data loss and leakage (64%), followed closely by data privacy and confidentiality (62%). But cyber security professionals have other cloud security issues on their minds too. Compliance, accidental credentials exposure, and data control are also high on the list of trending cloud security concerns.<\/p>\n Challenges of cloud compliance<\/b><\/p>\n Ask anyone who has ever had to deal with software standards compliance<\/a> for HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR<\/a>, or other rules and regulations concerning software security or data privacy. They\u2019re likely to tell you that monitoring for new vulnerabilities is one of their greatest challenges. Likewise, the 2019 Cloud Security Report<\/a> notes that monitoring for new vulnerabilities in cloud services is trending as the No. 1 cloud compliance challenge (43%). Following closely are surviving audits and risk assessments and monitoring for ongoing compliance.<\/p>\n Another cloud security trend relates to the inexorable migration of applications to the cloud. Specifically, organizations think it\u2019s important to maintain continuous compliance when transitioning on-premises workloads in containers or virtual machines (VMs) to the cloud. Only 5% of cyber security professionals disagreed.<\/p>\n Barriers to cloud adoption<\/b><\/p>\n Regarding barriers to cloud adoption, the current trend doesn\u2019t present itself as one specific security obstacle, or even two. Cyber security professionals profess that data security, loss, and leakage risks are the top impediment to cloud adoption (29%). But an almost equal number of respondents mentioned general security risks (28%), and budget issues, compliance, and staffing were close behind. Six of one, half dozen of the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Synopsys Software Integrity Group As 2019 hits the halfway mark, the top three cloud security trends from previous years continue. In fact, they\u2019ve grown. 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