76% of Security Pros Admit Securing Their Cloud Environments Is a Struggle

From securityboulevard.com

  • Most security professionals have difficulty maintaining security configurations in the cloud
  • 22% still assess their cloud security posture manually
  • Security pros confess they need more automated enforcement

Organizations face shortcomings in monitoring and securing their cloud environments, according to a survey of 310 security professionals.

Some 76% of security professionals in the survey conducted by Dimensional Research for Tripwire said they have difficulty maintaining security configurations in the cloud. 37% said their risk-management capabilities in the cloud are worse than other parts of their environment, and 93% confessed they were concerned about human error accidentally exposing their cloud data.

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