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GUEST ESSAY: The key to a successful cloud migration – embrace a security-first strategy

The Last Watchdog

Gartner predicts that spending on public cloud alone is set to top $500 billion in 2022 – a 20% growth over last year. But often overlooked in the migration process is the significance of a company’s embedded security measures. A multi-layered defense is an essential component of any winning cloud cybersecurity posture.

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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

Cloud migration, obviously, is here to stay. But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing.

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2024 Cybersecurity Industry Experts Predictions: Part 1

IT Security Guru

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for cybersecurity experts to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the next year has set in store for the security industry. In parallel, we are also seeing organisations migrate their entire corporate directory to the cloud, typically with platforms like Microsoft Entra ID.

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BrandPost: Deconstructing Identity Security

CSO Magazine

Most companies now recognize the serious and insidious nature of cybersecurity threats. But many fail to grasp that the digital transformation, remote work, automation, and cloud migration activities of the last few years have turbocharged the number of identities seeking access to data and critical business systems.

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Cybersecurity Culture: From Onboarding Training to Proactive Practice

SecureWorld News

Cybersecurity today is about more than just having the right technical defenses. This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, businesses should assess how they're fostering a culture of online security. Here's how organizations can create a cybersecurity culture from onboarding onward. Ensure security from the start. Avoid ambiguity.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

It certainly was terrific to see the cybersecurity industry’s premier trade event fully restored to its pre-Covid grandeur at San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week. Multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) has raised the bar, but MFA alone is not enough to slow, much less stop, moderately-skilled bad actors.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

APIs offer seamless integration between cloud services, but if not properly secured, they become points of access for attackers. API security risks may cause weak authentication, input validation, encryption, permissions, error handling, and rate limit issues. Align goals and lower the chance of fragmented approaches.

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