Confusion about boundaries, whether they are between clouds or geographic locations, can make cloud security challenging. Several approaches aim to address the complexity of managing the security of multiple cloud environments, but one metric actually shows security improvement for organizations with more cloud providers.
Almost 29% organizations that use only one external cloud have an internet-facing host with a high or critical security-related finding, according to RiskRecon and the Cyentia Institute’s “Cloud Risk Surface Report,” which is based on an analysis of 18,000 organizations. Firms with four clouds have on average only one-quarter the exposure rate. Companies utilizing only one or two clouds are likely in the early stages of public cloud adoption. Although common wisdom states that large companies have better security cloud security postures, this study does not support that claim.
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