7 critical cloud threats facing the enterprise in 2023

Securing the cloud has been an unwieldy and daunting task since the beginning: The idea of using an enterprise architecture built on delivering computing services over the internet naturally represents a unique threat surface. But cloud computing is rapidly becoming a ubiquitous part of the IT landscape, with Gartner estimating that more than 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2025 — a dramatic increase from 30% in 2021.

Indeed, when it comes to cloud breaches, most IT professionals agree that it’s not a case not of “if” one will happen at an organization, but “when” — and enterprises needed to be prepared for when that day will come, experts said. This is mainly because of the sheer scope of the cloud, which — although it has both positive and negative aspects — make its security posture precarious, Dan Benjamin, CEO and co-founder of Dig Security, notes.

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