Zero-Trust in the Intracloud

Zero-Trust in the Intracloud

As organizations increasingly integrate their cloud and data center ecosystems and accelerate the move to hybrid cloud environments, the risks presented by this dynamic, complex IT landscape will become all the more prominent in 2022—making organizations even more prone to successful cyberattacks. 


Defining your Intracloud Ecosystem


Think of it this way: Any time there’s surface between two distinct infrastructure types, understanding and securing the middle area between the two is a serious challenge. Right now, even if people believe their cloud configuration is correct, they are uncovering more unknown and unseen risks in their intracloud environments than they initially realized, because it’s really hard to see and understand risks across clouds. And this issue will continue as cloud spending and migration to multi-cloud environments grow. 






According to Flexera’s 2021 State of the Cloud Report, 92% of organizations today have a multi-cloud strategy in place or underway, and 82% of enterprises have adopted some sort of hybrid cloud infrastructure. On average, organizations are using 2.6 public and 2.7 private clouds—and as the number of cloud vendors grows, so does the threat exposure potential. 


Case in point: According to Gartner, “nearly all successful attacks on cloud services are the result of customer misconfiguration, mismanagement and mistakes.” Security and risk management leaders need to invest in cloud security processes and toolkits that prioritize identifying risk(s) proactively before they can be exploited by bad actors, impact end-users or impair the business’ bottom line. 


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