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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

They had to re-examine the traditional business perimeter and migrate to cloud-based tools to support distributed workforces. Cloud-based applications and services can be accessed from anywhere via an internet connection, facilitating seamless collaboration among remote workers.

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

Yet all too many companies and individual employees till lack a full appreciation of the significant risks they, and their organizations, face online. Riccardi: SMBs face challenges when dealing with cybersecurity implications of software-enabled, cloud-based operations due to financial and skill limitations.

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

eSecurity Planet

Cloud security issues refer to the threats, risks, and challenges in the cloud environment. Risks include potential damage from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. To combat these cloud security issues, develop a robust cloud security strategy that addresses all three to provide comprehensive protection.

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Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO

SC Magazine

It’s crucial to understanding the fitness of the CSP to assess future risk. Security risk review. The General Services Administration has developed the Federal Risk and Management program to help manage the NIST controls. Other standards to consider are the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls and FedRAMP.

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RSAC insights: Security platforms arise to help companies discover, assess and mitigate cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

What’s more, the rapid rise of a remote workforce, in the wake of Covid 19, has only served to accelerate cloud migration, as well as scale up the attendant network exposures. Unmanaged smartphones and laptops, misconfigured Software as a Service (SaaS) apps, unsecured Internet access present more of an enterprise risk than ever.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: Dealing with the return of computing workloads to on-premises datacenters

The Last Watchdog

A cloud migration backlash, of sorts, is playing out. Related: Guidance for adding ZTNA to cloud platforms Many companies, indeed, are shifting to cloud-hosted IT infrastructure, and beyond that, to containerization and serverless architectures. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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NEW TECH: Trend Micro flattens cyber risks — from software development to deployment

The Last Watchdog

Long before this awful pandemic hit us, cloud migration had attained strong momentum in the corporate sector. As Covid19 rages on, thousands of large to mid-sized enterprises are now slamming pedal to the metal on projects to switch over to cloud-based IT infrastructure. I’ll keep watch.