CIOs adopted cloud migration during the pandemic to manage the increased workloads, the sudden shift to a remote workforce, and avoid delay in deployment of services.
IT leaders have preferred to adopt cloud computing due to its low costs and high flexibility. The majority of the enterprises have implemented public cloud migration to tackle increased loads. The higher adoption of cloud platforms has had a significant impact on the design process of applications and the security profile as well.
CIOs say that security professionals are now tasked with reworking the security strategy as the conventional plans for on-premise platforms will not be relevant for the public or hybrid cloud environment.
Avoiding static practices and tools in the dynamic environment
IT leaders say that a dynamic cloud environment requires relevantly derived security procedures that accommodate the changing nature of cloud attributes. The fast-changing routines make it difficult to set up regular scanning or point-in-time screenshot solutions which are useful in compliance maintenance and standalone security.
Security leaders prefer to deploy CSPM tools that offer automated monitoring continuously and test the platform’s security level against the cloud-based standards. The Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) platform is a good example of such a strategy.
These advanced security tools help by projecting continuous attack simulations on the system and providing required remediating actions.
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BAS is different as compared to manual pen testing and point-in-time scanning as it works to continuously detect security issues and gaps in collaboration with different main CSPM tools. By implementing the automated continuous protection plan, such tools are best ensuring the security of dynamic platforms.
Prioritize and handle
IT leaders say that Alert fatigue is one of the major causes of concern currently. This phenomenon is present in cybersecurity as in other fields. Leaders point out that alert fatigue especially in healthcare or information security environments will end up overloading the employees. Security employees say that high priority instances were overlooked or missed due to the sheer volume of false alarms they received.
CIOs acknowledge that organizations have to reduce false positives and detect critical breaches, violations, and risks due to exposed credentials, data, or unauthorized access and control over the system.
IT experts say that the best way to work in a complex situation is to employ a third-party vendor who can design the plan for creating and implementing critical security policies and checks. Continuous remediation helps to simplify the steps of detection, prioritize, and set up measures against cyber-attacks. IT Security leaders prefer to implement both third-part vendors and tools like BAS to prevent attacks.
Increasing the security profiles during the development phase
CIOs point out that trying to tackle new-age issues with outdated measures is a waste of time and effort for organizations. They propose to define misconfiguration checks as part of the validation process. Doing so during the development stage will easily eliminate issues. Spot violations feedback can be easily collected and analyzed to provide remedial solutions and policies.
