Cloud Security Risks Rise With Hybrid Environments
SC Media, Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
As cloud adoption accelerates, businesses face an expanding threat landscape, especially within hybrid cloud environments that combine public and private infrastructure, according to Forbes.
Check Point research highlights that administrative missteps, such as misconfigured non-human identities like API keys and service accounts, are major vulnerabilities. High-profile incidents in 2024, such as the Midnight Blizzard breach of Microsoft Azure and a massive S3 bucket leak in India, underscore the consequences of poor cloud hygiene. The growing reliance on identity and access management and single sign-on systems further complicates security, as attackers exploit these tools for lateral movement and account hijacking.