Cloud security: an identity problem

2024-04-04

In this episode, we look at why a lack of robust identity controls are one of the biggest causes of cloud security failures. Cloud operators, at least the larger ones, now have robust security in place. But that security is there, first and foremost, to protect their business. The "shared responsibility model" means that users are responsible for their data and applications. The problem, as our guest this week identifies, is that senior managers fail to understand that point, and expect the...

In this episode, we look at why a lack of robust identity controls are one of the biggest causes of cloud security failures.

Cloud operators, at least the larger ones, now have robust security in place. But that security is there, first and foremost, to protect their business. The "shared responsibility model" means that users are responsible for their data and applications.

The problem, as our guest this week identifies, is that senior managers fail to understand that point, and expect the cloud to fix everything.

It won't, and as Jennifer Cox, member of the global engineering team at Tenable, and director for Ireland of Women in Cybersecurity, warns "it always makes me a bit nervous when people think that something is foolproof".

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