The leading challenge facing cloud migration projects is security

60% of organizations misunderstand the shared responsibility model for cloud security and incorrectly believe the cloud provider is responsible for securing privileged access, according to Centrify. Securing cloud migration projects Furthermore, organi… Continue reading The leading challenge facing cloud migration projects is security

25% of healthcare organizations using public cloud do not encrypt data

A HyTrust survey of 51 healthcare and biotech organizations found that 25 percent of those organizations using the public cloud do not encrypt their data. The survey also found that 63 percent of healthcare organizations say they intend to use multiple cloud vendors. What is troubling, is that 38 percent of organizations that have data deployed in a multi-cloud environment that included Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Azure are not using any form of encryption. … More Continue reading 25% of healthcare organizations using public cloud do not encrypt data

The evolution of data breach prevention practices

Despite the potential costs, legal consequences and other negative outcomes of data breaches, they continue to happen. A new SANS Institute survey looks at the preventive aspect of breaches – and what security and IT practitioners actually are, or are not, implementing for prevention. The survey looked at how practitioners might overcome barriers to implementing effective prevention, including developing clear requirements and defining specific preventive measures, such as the role of automation, threat intelligence and … More Continue reading The evolution of data breach prevention practices