Cloud Security Challenges

Large organizations are embracing public and private cloud computing at a rapid pace.  According to ESG research, one-third of organizations have been using public and private cloud infrastructure for more than 3 years and more than half of organizations (57%) have production workloads running on cloud computing infrastructure (note: I am an ESG employee).

Of course, cloud computing is very different than physical or virtual servers which translates into a different cybersecurity model as well.  And these differences lead to a variety of security challenges. 

ESG recently surveyed 303 cybersecurity and IT professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) and posed a series of questions about cloud computing and cloud security.  When asked to identify their top challenges with cloud security:

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