CLOUD SECURITY
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2016 SPOTLIGHT REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLOUD SECURITY SPOTLIGHT REPORT
Overview Key survey findings
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CLOUD ADOPTION TRENDS Cloud benefits Cloud investments Cloud adoption stages Barriers to cloud adoption Top cloud service delivery & providers Most popular cloud workloads Data stored in the cloud Applications deployed in the cloud Most popular cloud apps
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CLOUD SECURITY CHALLENGES Cloud security concerns Cloud security incidents Security risks in the cloud vs. on-premise Cloud apps vs. on-premise apps Biggest security threats in public clouds Cloud security concerns Biggest cloud security headaches Personal cloud storage policy
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CLOUD SECURITY SOLUTIONS Paths to stronger security Cloud confidence builders Traditional security tools in the cloud Most effective cloud security technologies Most popular cloud security controls Drivers of cloud-based security solutions Barriers to cloud-based security solutions Cloud application security Access to cloud applications Security impact on DevOps
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Methodology & Demographics Sponsors Contact us
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OVERVIEW Cloud investment continues to grow over 20% annually as organizations are looking to reduce IT cost, increase agility and better support business functions.
In this new report, you will learn how your peers are approaching cybersecurity in the era of cloud, including the latest trends and benchmarks to gauge how your own organization stacks up. Many thanks to our sponsors for supporting this
Security of critical data and systems in the cloud remains a key barrier to adoption of cloud services. This report, the result of comprehensive research in partnership with the 300,000+ member Information Security Community on LinkedIn, reveals the drivers and risk factors of migrating to the cloud. Learn how organizations are responding to the security threats in the cloud and what tools and best practices IT cybersecurity leaders are considering in their move to the cloud.
research project: AlienVault, Bitglass, Cato Networks, CloudPassage, Dell Software, Dome9, FireLayers, IMMUNIO, (ISC)2 and Randtronics. We hope you will enjoy this report.
Holger Schulze
Holger Schulze Group Founder Information Security Community on LinkedIn hhschulze@gmail.com
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KEY SURVEY FINDINGS
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Security concerns top the list of barriers to cloud adoption led by general security concerns (53%, up from 45% in last year’s survey), legal and regulatory compliance concerns (42%, up from 29%), and data loss and leakage risks (40%). The rise in specific concerns about compliance and integration suggests that companies are moving from theoretical exploration of cloud models to actual implementation.
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53% of organizations see unauthorized access through misuse of employee credentials and improper access controls as the single biggest threat to cloud security. This is followed by hijacking of accounts (44%), and insecure interfaces / APIs (39%). One in three organizations say external sharing of sensitive information is the biggest security threat.
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Verifying security policies (51%), visibility into infrastructure security (49%) and compliance (37%) were named as the top three cloud security challenges that cause the biggest headaches for IT security professionals.
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Organizations moving to the cloud have a variety of choices available to strengthen cloud security. 61% of organizations plan to train and certify existing IT staff, 45% partner with a managed security services provider, and 42% deploy additional security software to protect data and applications in the cloud.
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Encryption of data at rest (65%) and in motion on networks (57%) top the list of most effective security technologies to protect data in the cloud. This is followed by intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) with 48% and access control technologies such as Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) with 45%.
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CLOUD ADOPTION TRENDS
CLOUD BENEFITS After a few years of operating workloads in the cloud, organizations are confirming the benefits match the original promise of cloud computing. Availability (46%), cost reduction (41%) and flexible scalability (36%) top the list. Cloud is still falling short of expectations in the areas of regulatory compliance (13%) and the promise of reduced complexity (14%).
46% Availability
41%
36%
Cost Reduction
Flexible Scalability
Cloud Benefits
14%
Reduced Complexity
13%
Regulatory Compliance
Moved expenses from fixed CAPEX (purchase) to variable OPEX (rental/subscription) 32% | Accelerated deployment and provisioning 31% | Increased agility 28% | Improved performance 27% | Increased efficiency 26% | Increased geographic reach 24% | Increased employee productivity 23% | Improved security 19% | Accelerated time to market 18% | Align cost model with usage 18% | Not Sure/Other 25%
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CLOUD INVESTMENTS For over a third of organizations (38%), cloud investments represent up to 15% of overall IT infrastructure investment. Half of all organizations have over 15% of their IT invested in the cloud.
38%
50%
Organizations invest more than 15% of all IT in cloud
21% IT infrastructure
13%
12%
0%
1-15%
16-25%
26-50%
9% 51-75%
7% +75%
Share of cloud relative to overall IT investment
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CLOUD ADOPTION STAGES 79% of respondents are either in planning or trial stages, currently implementing or in active production cloud environments.
30% 25% 24% 21% Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
No Plans
41% Deployed
20%
Implementing
16%
Trial
23%
Planning
41%
34%
20% 19%
20% 18%
20%
28%
Cloud computing can be classified by location and ownership of the cloud infrastructure: Private Cloud - Cloud infrastructure and services are dedicated to a particular organization. Private clouds can reside on premise or be hosted by a third party.
Public Cloud - Cloud services and infrastructure are hosted by a third-party cloud provider and resources are shared among multiple cloud tenants / clients.
Hybrid Cloud - Cloud computing environment in which single applications are split across private and public cloud, often to dynamically accommodate spikes in server demand.
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BARRIERS TO CLOUD ADOPTION Cloud security concerns not only top the list of perceived barriers to cloud adoption, they are further increasing. General security concerns (with 53% up from 45% in last year’s survey), legal and regulatory compliance concerns (42% up from 29%), data loss & leakage risks (40% slightly down from 41%), integration with existing IT environments (35% up from 29%) and lack of expertise (26% up from 16%) top the list of barriers to cloud adoption. However, it is important to put this in context as the number of reported breaches in enterprise environments far exceed the reported exposure from cloud platforms.
Cloud Adoption Barriers
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42%
40%
35%
26%
General security risks
Legal & regulatory compliance
Data loss & leakage risks
Integration with existing IT environments
Lack of expertise
8% p.p. from last year
13% p.p. from last year
1% p.p. from last year
6% p.p. from last year
10% p.p. from last year
Loss of control 23% | Management complexity 20% | Increased agility 28% | Fear of vendor lock-in 18% | Internal resistance and inertia 18% | Lack of staff resources 17% | Lack of transparency and visibility 15% | Lack of maturity of cloud service models 14% | Cost/Lack of ROI 13% | Lack of budget 13% Performance of apps in the cloud 12% | Lack of management buy-in 10% | Lack of customizability 9% | None 9% | Dissatisfaction with cloud service offerings/ performance/pricing 7% | Billing & tracking issues 7% | Lack of support by cloud provider 6% | Availability 5% | Not sure/Other 10%
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TOP CLOUD SERVICE DELIVERY & PROVIDERS The dominance of both cloud applications and cloud
Amazon AWS is the big fish in the cloud services
infrastructure requires that we think about securing
pond, used by 45% of respondents. Microsoft Azure
these different entities as part of a holistic vision
follows with 39%.
for securing application and infrastructure (both on premise and in the cloud). A majority of organizations
45%
(61%) uses SaaS models, followed by IaaS (53%) and PaaS (39%) as their cloud service delivery model.
SaaS
cloud service delivery models
61%
PaaS
39% 9% None
39%
18% IaaS
53% 8%
11%
BPaaS
Not sure/Other
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18%
11%
8%
5%
VMware
Rackspace
IBM
Softlayer / IBM
CenturyLink – Savvis 4% | HP 4% | Verizon – Terremark 4% | AT&T 4% | CSC 1% | GoGrid 1% | Joyent 1% | Not sure/Other 32%
Q: What public cloud provider(s) do you currently use?
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MOST POPULAR CLOUD WORKLOADS Storage (52% up from 38% in last year’s survey), computing (51% up from 32%) and virtualization (44% up from 33%) top the list of most deployed workloads in the cloud.
STORAGE
POPULAR CLOUD WORKLOADS
41%
52%
COMPUTING
51%
VIRTUALIZATION
44%
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS Productivity Applications (email, collaboration, instant messaging) 37% | Networking (virtual private cloud, DNS, etc) 35% | Database (relational, NoSQL, caching, etc.) 33% | Operating System 30% | IT Operations Applications (administration, backup, provisioning, monitoring, etc.) 25% Developer / Testing Applications 25% | Security (Identity management, access control, data protection, usage & resource monitoring, anti-virus, etc.) 25% | Middleware 17% | Desktop virtualization 15% | Runtime 9% | Not sure/Other 17%
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DATA STORED IN THE CLOUD Email is the most common corporate information stored in the cloud (44%), followed by customer data such as names and contact information (31%), sales and marketing data (31%), and employee and payroll data (30%). Fewer organizations store intellectual property information (18%) or employee healthcare data (12%) in the cloud.
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DevOps / development data 16% | Health information 12% | None 11% | Not sure/Other 24%
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APPLICATIONS DEPLOYED IN THE CLOUD The use of cloud applications is increasing as the number of organizations with 50% or more of applications deployed in the cloud (18%) has more than doubled since last year’s survey. It is apparent that the move toward cloud computing is inevitable. Organizations have no real competitive advantage by owning core IT infrastructure any more than owning power generation or water supply.
56% 16% 12%
10% 0%
1-25%
26-50%
51-75%
6% 76-100%
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MOST POPULAR CLOUD APPS
Web apps Collaboration & communication apps Productivity IT Operations Custom business applications
46% 38% 33% 27% 27%
MOST POPULAR CLOUD APPS Microsoft Office 365 is leading the way in existing cloud app deployments (41%) as well as planned future deployments (20%). Salesforce follows second and is already deployed in 27% of organizations and planned for future deployment in 7% of organizations. The migration to Office 365 is one of the biggest changes to enterprise IT in recent years. It represents yet another step in the migration of enterprises to a utility-based model for IT services delivery that started with Salesforce.com many years ago.
Q: What types of business applications is your organization deploying in the cloud?
Web-based applications and websites (47%), collaboration and communication tools (38%) and productivity tools (33%) are the most popular types of business applications deployed in the cloud. Application development / testing 26% | Sales & Marketing 25% | HR 25% | Business intelligence / analytics 24% | Disaster recovery / storage / archiving 24% | Content management 22% | Finance & accounting 19% | Supply chain management 11% | Not sure/Other 20%
CURRENTLY DEPLOYED 41% 27% 24% 20% 17% 15% 14% 9% 8% 7% 6%
FUTURE DEPLOYMENT Microsoft Office 365 Salesforce Exchange Google Apps Dropbox Service Now Box Workday None SuccessFactors Not sure
20% 7% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4% 5% 3% 10%
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CLOUD SECURITY CONCERNS Cloud security concerns are on the rise. An overwhelming majority of 91% of organizations are very or moderately concerned about public cloud security. Today, perceived security risks are the single biggest factor holding back faster adoption of cloud computing. And yet, adoption of cloud computing is on the rise. The overwhelming benefits of cloud computing should drive organizations and security teams to find a way to “get cloud done�. This is a prime example to where security can have a profound impact on enabling business transformation.
44%
91%
organizations have security concerns
Very concerned
44% 4% Not sure at all 5% Not concerned 47%
47%
Moderately concerned
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CLOUD SECURITY INCIDENTS A majority of respondents say they did not experience a cloud-related security incident. 36% can’t disclose or aren’t sure about security incidents, indicating a lack of visibility into cloud security.
9% Yes
15%
Can’t disclose
21% Not sure
55% NO
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SECURITY RISKS IN THE CLOUD VS ON-PREMISE We continue to see evidence that the perception of cloud security is slowly improving relative to traditional enterprise IT environments. The share of organizations that see a higher risk of security breaches in the cloud compared to traditional IT environments is shrinking to 21% compared to last year’s 28%.
About the same
22%
Lower risk of security breaches compared to on-premise Significantly lower (7%) Somewhat lower (15%)
0% unchanged from last year
27%
7%
5%
15%
16% 30% Not sure
21%
Higher risk of security breaches compared to on-premise Significantly higher (5%) Somewhat higher (16%)
7% p.p. from last year
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CLOUD APPS VS ON-PREMISE APPS Perceptions of SaaS security are slowly improving, thanks to continued investments in security controls and customer education. For the first time since we asked this survey question, a majority of over 52% believe that cloud apps are as secure or more secure than on-premises applications, up from only 40% in last year’s survey. The math is simple: Large cloud providers can outspend any enterprise in securing their infrastructure and apply expertise and manpower that is better utilized in protecting a shared infrastructure. The results are superior in terms of availability, performance and security of cloud environments.
52%
Believe that cloud apps are as secure or more secure than on-premises applications
35%
33%
17%
SaaS Security
Public cloud apps are more secure than internal apps
15% Public cloud apps are about as secure as internal apps
Public cloud apps are less secure than internal apps
Not sure
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BIGGEST SECURITY THREATS IN PUBLIC CLOUDS Unauthorized access through misuse of employee credentials and improper access controls is the single biggest threat (53%) to cloud security. This is followed by hijacking of accounts (44%) and insecure interfaces / APIs (39%). 33% of organizations say external sharing of sensitive information is the biggest security threat. Identity management and access control is an emerging and increasing threat concern for enterprises scaling and on-boarding to the cloud. The good news is that all these risks can be addressed by using security controls including multi-factor authentication, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), IP range restrictions and access auditing.
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44%
Unauthorized access
Hijacking of accounts
39% Insecure interfaces/APIs
33% External sharing of data
Posting of confidential proprietary data by employees 33% | Malicious insiders 32% | Denial of service attacks 31% | Foreign state sponsored cyber attacks 30% | Malware injection 25% | Abuse of cloud services 24% | Shared memory attacks 18% | Lateral movement of threats (east-west traffic) 16% | Theft of service 15% | Lost mobile devices 12% | Natural disasters 5% | Not sure/Other 9% |
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CLOUD SECURITY CONCERNS Data loss, leakage and privacy continue to top the list of cloud related security concerns, virtually unchanged from last year’s survey findings. Concerns about legal and regulatory compliance have seen the biggest gain, moving from the number 7 spot (24%) to number 4 (39%) on the list, in line with the observed rise of compliance concerns as a key barrier to cloud adoption.
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49% 46% 42% 39% Data loss/leakage
Data privacy
Confidentiality
Legal and regulatory compliance
Data sovereignty/control 34% | Accidental exposure of credentials 26% | Lack of forensic data 26% | Incident & problem management 25% Visibility & transparency 19% | Availability of services, systems and data 17% | Liability 17% | Disaster recovery 13% | Performance 13% | Business continuity 13% | Fraud (e.g. account hijacking) 12% | Not sure/Other 5% | None 1%
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BIGGEST CLOUD SECURITY HEADACHES Verifying security policies (51%), visibility into infrastructure security (49%) and compliance (37%) were named as the top three cloud security challenges that cause the biggest headaches for IT security professionals. Because the cloud is a new environment, that is often incompatible with existing security technologies, there is a need for a new holistic security model to cover both on-premise and cloud environments. The holy grail is a unified security policy that can be applied across the infrastructure regardless of the underlying assets.
51%
49%
37%
Verifying security policies
Visibility to infrastructure security
Compliance
No automatic discovery / visibility / control to infrastructure security 32% | Reporting security threats and solutions 31% | Remediating threats 29% | Security can’t keep up with pace of changes to new / existing applications 27% | Can’t identify misconfigurations quickly 26% | Complex cloud to cloud / cloud to on prem security rule matching 21% | Unknown / hidden open IP port 20% | Automatically enforcing of security across multiple datacenters 18% | IaaS / PaaS security rules limit / cap 15% | Lack of integration with on-premise security technologies 12% | Too much time and resource management overhead 11% | Lack of feature parity with on-premise security solution 9% | No flexibility 7% | Native to cloud application or cloud infrastructure 5% | None 4% | Not sure/Other 15%
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PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE POLICY Employee access to private cloud storage is one of the biggest risk factors regarding data leakage and theft - and organizations are repsonding accordingly. 42% of organizations do not allow employees to access private cloud storage services from the company’s network – 36% do allow access. This is a notable reversal of last year’s survey findings where only 36% of organizations did not allow access to cloud storage services. Identifying the use of unauthorized cloud services (“Shadow IT”) remains a major visibility challenge.
13% We don’t have a policy
42% Organizations do not allow employees to access private cloud storage services from the corporate network.
36% Yes
9%
Not sure
42% NO
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PATHS TO STRONGER SECURITY Organizations moving to the cloud are faced with new security challenges that cannot be addressed with traditional security approaches. Secure clouds cannot exist without the right cloud security expertise. 61% of organizations plan to train and certify existing IT staff in cloud security to ensure the proper cloud security controls are being implemented both internally and with third party cloud service providers. Organizations realize that their IT teams need to stay current on evolving cloud technologies, threats and mitigation strategies. In addition, 45% of organizations plan to partner with a managed security services provider and 42% deploy additional security software to protect data and applications in the cloud.
61%
Train and certify existing IT staff Partner with a managed services provider who will provide the resources Use security software from independent software vendor(s)
45% 42%
Add security staff dedicated to cloud security issues
23%
Hire Professionals
23%
Look at different security-as-a-service providers to outsource – 24x7 monitoring Not sure/Other
17% 19% Q: When moving to the cloud, how do you plan to handle your security needs?
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CLOUD CONFIDENCE BUILDERS Setting and enforcing security policies across cloud environments is by far the most requested capability to increase confidence in public clouds.
56%
Setting and enforcing security policies across clouds
39%
38%
37%
34%
33%
Ability to create data boundaries
APIs for reporting, auditing and alerting on security events
Effective mapping of security controls for internally-hosted applications to the cloud infrastructure
Isolation/protection of virtual machines
Ability to compare security levels across cloud providers
Improved Security compared to self-managed deployment 30% | Organization certification 29% | High-integrity infrastructure 27% | Regulatory oversight 25% | Protecting workloads 15% | Not sure/Other 13%
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TRADITIONAL SECURITY TOOLS IN THE CLOUD Most traditional security tools have not been designed for cloud environments and the unique challenges cloud adoption presents. The survey results confirm that traditional tools work somewhat or not at all for over half of cybersecurity professionals (59%). Only 14% feel that traditional security tools are sufficient to manage security across the cloud. The gap, say those surveyed, is primarily in both verifying security policies and visibility into infrastructure security. This is a great example of the dissolving perimeter. Together with mobility, the need to secure access from anywhere (mobile users, branch locations) to anywhere (physical datacenter, cloud datacenter and public cloud apps) breaks the traditional network topology and perimeter defense. The resulting proliferation in point security solutions is putting additional pressure on short handed security teams, as experienced security staff is still scarce. They work just fine
14%
Not at all
11%
Other
2%
59% Not sure
25%
traditional tools work somewhat or not at all
Somewhat (but not a complete solution)
48% SHARE THE CLOUD SECURITY SPOTLIGHT REPORT
Q: How well do your traditional network security tools / appliances work in public cloud environments?
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MOST EFFECTIVE CLOUD SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES Virtually unchanged from last year’s cloud security survey, encryption of data at rest (65%) and in motion on networks (57%) tops the list of most effective security controls to protect data in the cloud. This is followed by intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) with 48% and access control technologies such as Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) and Identity and Access Management (IAM) with 45%.
65%
57%
48%
Data encryption
Network encryption
Intrusion detection & prevention
Trained cloud security professionals 45% | Access control (e.g. CASB / Cloud Access Security Brokers) 45% | Log management and analytics 43% | Firewalls / NAC 40% | Data leakage prevention 40% | Endpoint security controls 40% | Patch management 38% | Network monitoring 37% | Single sign-on / user authentication 35% | Anti-virus / Anti-malware 35% | Employee usage monitoring 29% | Mobile device management (MDM) 25% | Database scanning and monitoring 24% | Content filtering 24% | Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 22% | Cyber forensics 21% | Not sure/Other 12%
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MOST POPULAR CLOUD SECURITY CONTROLS The most prevalent cloud security controls include multi-factor authentication in nearly half of organizations. One in four organizations deploy additional security mechanisms.
45% We use multi-factor authentication for access control
43% We use encryption or tokenization to protect data in the cloud
41% Intrusion detection & prevention
40% We use security services offered by the cloud provider
Organizations deploy additional security mechanisms We deploy additional security services offered by third party vendors 25% | We don’t protect data in the cloud 5% | Not sure/Other 21%
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DRIVERS OF CLOUD-BASED SECURITY SOLUTIONS Faster time to deployment (47%), reduced software maintenance efforts (40%) and direct web access from any location (35%)
#1 48%
are the dominant drivers for cloud-based
Faster time to deployment
security solutions.
#3
Placing security in the cloud provides significant ROI benefits for businesses.
35% Need for direct secure Internet access from any location
It breaks the traditional “appliance model� of security: Instead of physical constraints, patch and upgrade cycles, and need for a local IT support, the cloud enables a
#5
28% Easier policy management
security model that is up to date, always patched, elastic and scalable, and available everywhere.
#7
25% Appliance footprint reduction in branch offices
#9
9% Native to cloud application or cloud infrastructure
41%
#2
Reduced effort around patches and upgrades of software
31%
#4
Automation helps reduce manual effort
27%
#6
Better performance
20%
#8
Protection focused on the workload/instance
Not sure/Other 20%
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BARRIERS TO CLOUD-BASED SECURITY SOLUTIONS On the flipside, data privacy (56%), compliance (43%) and platform integrity (39%) are the main barriers to cloud-based security solutions. These concerns apply to cloud in general. Using regional cloud instances to comply with data localization requirements, minimizing personal data storage, and demonstrating tight security controls around the platform should make cloudbased security the default security delivery model. This way, cloud computing can offer a compelling alternative to onpremise security in the face of emerging threats, shrinking budgets and scarce expertise.
cloud-based security solutions
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56%
43%
39%
Data Privacy
Regulatory compliance requirements
Integrity of Cloud security platform
Solution maturity 39% | Need to keep data within specific geographical area 31% | Need to provide Keys for SSL decryption in the Cloud 23% | Scalability and performance 17% | Lack of integration with on-premise security technologies 15% | Lack of feature parity with on-premise security solution 11% | Not sure/Other 15%
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CLOUD APPLICATION SECURITY A majority of organizations are taking proactive measures to protect their business applications. We dug deeper to find out how companies were protecting their applications. The most popular application security measures are penetration testing (59%) followed by web application firewalls (54%) and developer education (47%).
59%
54%
47%
Penetration testing
Web application firewalls
Developer education
44%
38%
Static/Dynamic testing
Security monitoring
7% Bug Bounty programs
6%
17%
None
Not sure/Other
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ACCESS TO CLOUD APPLICATIONS The vast majority of organizations surveyed (55%) use Active Directory on premise as the authoritative directory to identify, authenticate and authorize access to cloud applications. Consequently, access to cloud based applications for a majority of organizations depends heavily on proper security controls around on-premise Active Directory infrastructure. The cloud enablement of Active Directory is a key enabler for moving to cloud-based security infrastructure.
55%
Organizations use Active Directory on premise
28%
27%
8% On premise Active Directory (synchronization)
Not sure/Other
On premise Active Directory (federation)
On premise LDAP Directory (Non Microsoft)
4% Cloud based Directory only – AzureAD
3% Cloud based Directory only – Amazon Simple AD
7% None
23%
Q: What is the authoritative directory you use for identity data and authentication, and authorization of access for your cloud based applications? SHARE THE CLOUD SECURITY SPOTLIGHT REPORT
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SECURITY IMPACT ON DEVOPS 46% of respondents state that security slows down continuous development methods like DevOps, another 15 percent noted that security is ignored completely in their DevOps process. 59% of respondents indicated that agility and accelerated deployments are among the cloud adoption benefits, yet security slows down DevOps. Utilization of “built for the cloud� security products provides security governance directly integrated into the DevOps process and is key to fully realizing the benefits of the cloud.
31% No - security is fully integrated with DevOps
46%
Yes - security slows down DevOps
15% 8%
Other
No - security is completely ignored in DevOps
Q: Does security slow down continuous development methods like DevOps at your organization? SHARE THE CLOUD SECURITY SPOTLIGHT REPORT
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METHODOLOGY & DEMOGRAPHICS The Cloud Security Spotlight Report is based on the results of a comprehensive survey of 2,200 professionals across a broad cross-section of organizations about their adoption of cloud computing and security related concerns and practices. The 2,200 respondents range from technical executives to managers and practitioners, and they represent organizations of varying sizes across many industries. Their answers provide a comprehensive perspective on the state of cloud security today.
C AR EER LE VEL 25% Specialist Other
19%
Manager / Supervisor
Consultant
17% Director
14%
Owner / CEO / President
7%
6%
4%
CTO, CIO, CISCO, CMO, CFO, COO
8%
Vice President
D EPARTM ENT 52% IT Security Other
IT Operations
Engineering
Operations
Compliance
Sales
20%
9%
6%
Product Management
Marketing
4% 3%2%2% 2%
Finance
Legal
HR
CO M PAN Y SIZE 11%
13%
Fewer than 10
10-99
19% 100-999
16%
1,000 4,000
5,000 – 10,000
9%
32%
Over 10,000
I N DUSTRY 20%
18%
Technology, Software & Internet Government Education & Research Computers & Electronics
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12%
8%
8%
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SPONSORS AlienVault | www.alienvault.com AlienVault has simplified the way organizations detect and respond to today’s ever evolving threat landscape. Our unique and award-winning approach, trusted by thousands of customers, combines the essential security controls of our all-in-one platform, AlienVault Unified Security Management, with the power of AlienVault’s Open Threat Exchange, the world’s largest crowd-sourced threat intelligence community, making effective and affordable threat detection attainable for resource-constrained IT teams. If your organization has adopted cloud infrastructure or services, you have a significant amount of valuable data in the cloud – all of which needs to be secured. AlienVault Unified Security Management™ (USM) simplifies cloud security management with a platform of essential tools to achieve complete security visibility and accelerate compliance reporting.
Bitglass | www.bitglass.com The Bitglass Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution provides end-to-end data protection from the cloud to the device. It deploys in minutes and works with any cloud app on any device. Bitglass enables enterprises to understand and control usage of cloud apps like Office 365 and Salesforce, and internal apps like Exchange and Sharepoint. Cloud data at rest is protected with encryption and suspicious activity detection. IT security teams can enforce consistent access, sharing, and data leakage prevention policies across multiple cloud services, and protect mobile devices - without MDM.
Cato Networks | www.catonetworks.com Cato Networks provides businesses with a simple, affordable and enterprise-grade secure network, at the fraction of the cost of legacy, appliance-based solutions. The Cato Cloud reestablishes the network perimeter in the Cloud, connecting all datacenters, remote locations, cloud infrastructure and the mobile workforce. Cato protects all WAN and Internet traffic with a set of network security services, built directly into the cloud network. Cato was founded by cybersecurity luminary Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point Software and Imperva, and Gur Shatz, co-founder of Incapsula.
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SPONSORS CloudPassage | www.cloudpassage.com CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility.
Dell Software | software.dell.com Dell Software empowers organizations of all sizes to experience Dell’s “power to do more” by delivering scalable yet simple-to-use solutions that can increase productivity, responsiveness and efficiency. Dell Software is uniquely positioned to address today’s most pressing business and IT challenges with holistic, connected software offerings across five core solution areas, encompassing data center and cloud management, information management, mobile workforce management, security and data protection. This software, when combined with Dell hardware and services, helps customers simplify IT, mitigate risk and accelerate business results.
Dome 9 | dome9.com Dome9 Security provides enterprise identity access management (IAM) protection, network security, and compliance for public clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS). More than 200 enterprise customers trust Dome9 to protect their clouds running on AWS, Windows Azure, Google Cloud, IBM/Softlayer and many others.
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SPONSORS IMMUNIO | www.immunio.com IMMUNIO is a pioneer in realtime application self-protection (RASP), providing automatic detection and protection against web application security vulnerabilities. IMMUNIO augments applications with the necessary protection services and hardens applications against common attacks targeting typical security weaknesses. The company’s mission is to make truly effective real-time web protection technology easily available and widely deployed, and by doing so, stop the biggest source of breached data records.
(ISC)2 | www.isc2.org/ccsp (ISC)2 is the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified cyber, information, software and infrastructure security professionals worldwide, with over 110,000 members. (ISC)2 ’s flagship certification is the CISSP®. In 2015, (ISC)2 and the Cloud Security Alliance partnered to launch the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP®) credential for security professionals whose day-to-day responsibilities involve procuring, securing and managing cloud environments or purchased cloud services. (ISC)2 offers education programs and services based on its CBK®.
Randtronics | www.randtronics.com Randtronics Data Privacy Manager (DPM) protects structured and unstructured data on premises and in the cloud using encryption, masking, tokenization and anonymization. DPM’s offering are some of the safest methods of security available. Without measures like encryption, companies are only partly securing their data and exposing themselves to growing vulnerabilities.
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