Cloud Adoption

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

While 91% of organizations were successful in increasing security as a result of adopting cloud services, it remains a top concern for many, a part two of an Aptum study reveals. The report identifies common security, compliance and governance challenges impacting organizations undergoing cloud transformation. The research reveals that 51% of survey respondents see security…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

By now, the benefits of adopting a multicloud approach are well and truly out of the bag. By working with two or more cloud providers, companies can pick and choose offerings from each to leverage the “best of all worlds”, all the while allowing for better contingency planning, avoiding vendor lock-in, and boosting their disaster…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Many companies tend to jump into the cloud before thinking about security. They may think they’ve thought about security, but when moving to the cloud, the whole concept of security changes. The security model must transform as well. Moving to the cloud and staying secure Most companies maintain a “castle, moat, and drawbridge” attitude to…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

38 percent of businesses have scaled infrastructure to meet new levels of demand during the lockdown period (March-June), highlighting how the pandemic has accelerated businesses’ digital transformation plans, according to Aptum. The findings also demonstrate that organizations that adopted cloud technologies prior to the pandemic have been best positioned to deal with the unprecedented crisis,…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

99% of IT professionals worldwide indicated an impact on their business today related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a MariaDB survey reveals. The situation only slightly improves looking ahead to 2021, with 84% expecting a continued impact. And 74% of respondents expect a second wave of COVID-19 impact, with 51% planning to move more applications to…

Network Security

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Not all IT budgets are being cut, some are increasing

At a high level—and contrary to conventional wisdom – not all IT budgets are being cut. Even with the economic challenges that COVID-19 has posed for businesses, almost 38 percent of enterprises are keeping their IT budgets unchanged (flat) or actually increasing them. Yellowbrick Data received responses from more than 1,000 enterprise IT managers and…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cloud adoption has grown at an astonishing rate, providing organizations with the freedom to store data in numerous cloud applications that meet their specific business demands. Additionally, migrating to the cloud gives employees the ability to access work material from anywhere and anytime. This increases productivity by allowing employees to collaborate remotely with applications like…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

While enterprises rapidly transition to the public cloud, complexity is increasing, but visibility and team sizes are decreasing while security budgets remain flat to pose a significant obstacle to preventing data breaches, according to FireMon’s 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report. “As companies around the world undergo digital transformations and migrate to the cloud,…