Practitioners Sound Alarm: Cloud Complexity And Skills Gaps Undermining Security Posture
SC Media, Monday, May 12th, 2025
The 2025 State of Cyber Security report from Check Point underscores a mounting concern across the security community: The complexity of modern cloud environments is overwhelming security teams.
As organizations adopt multi-cloud strategies, integrate edge computing, and deploy interconnected SaaS applications, visibility and control are breaking down.
Attackers are taking advantage of this sprawl. From misconfigured APIs to under-protected containers, gaps in coverage allow threat actors to move laterally across hybrid networks. Traditional tools and segmented defenses can't keep up with the rapid, dynamic nature of these environments.