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Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know

Cloud security Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know Many IT decision makers consider security to be better in cloud versus on-premise environments. We look at the state of cloud security today. Moving to the Cloud 48% more security technologies are deployed in the cloud than on premises. On average, security services were deployed […]

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Gina Roos

Jun 27, 2016

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Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know

Many IT decision makers consider security to be better in cloud versus on-premise environments. We look at the state of cloud security today.

Moving to the Cloud

48% more security technologies are deployed in the cloud than on premises. On average, security services were deployed 1.5 times more often in the cloud than in the data center.

Superior Tech

55% of respondents said the cloud uses better technology compared to on premises, and 56% said security technology is more consistently applied in the cloud.

Cloud Support

Customers need more help from their cloud providers for integrating security technology (52%), improving security reporting (49%) and improving security analytics (44%).

Bad Practice

47% of security personnel said they “simply trust” their cloud providers are delivering on security agreements without further verification.

Vendor Selection

Security/compliance features (15%) now top the list of priorities when selecting a cloud provider, followed by performance/elasticity (13%), reliability/service-level agreements (11%), cost (9%) and management tools (9%).

Top Challenges

The top challenges that organizations need their cloud providers to address better were security-related. This includes integrating security technology (19%), providing security reporting (18%) and leveraging security analytics (16%).

Top Cloud Deployed Security Technologies

Top security deployments include virtual firewall (82%), multifactor authentication (81%), intrusion detection/protection (80%), compliance certification and attestations (79%), and on-demand security reporting (79%).

More Services

48% of respondents using cloud security services were evaluating more services to further increase security.

Premium Services

Cloud customers are willing to pay more for services such as VM encryption, on-demand compliance reporting, role-based access control, advanced persistent threat/advanced targeted attack protection, and data-in-motion encryption.

Compliance-Related Workloads

96% of security pros acknowledge that their organizations have compliance-related workloads in the cloud, compared with only 69% of IT teams.

Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know

Gina Roos

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