How Cloud Computing Has Intensified Cybersecurity Challenges
ITProToday, March 10th, 2023
The cloud has changed cybersecurity. Here's why these changes make security more challenging.
Table of Contents:
1. Complex Access Controls
2. Heightened API Security Risks
3. Multiple Clouds
4. Perimeterless Networks
5. New Types of Cloud Cybersecurity Attacks
6. The Growing Security Cost of the Cloud
Cybersecurity has become tremendously more challenging over the past decade. The number of cyberattacks increased by about 60-fold. The average cost of attacks has also surged, growing from about $3.8 million per incident in 2015 to $4.35 million in 2022.