{"id":370451,"date":"2024-12-16T18:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?p=370451"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:15:39","slug":"cybersecurity-needs-to-save-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/cybersecurity-needs-to-save-the-cloud","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Needs to Save the Cloud in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The volume of critical infrastructure attacks across 2024 was alarming: everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/critical-infrastructure-cyberattacks\">airports to hospitals shut down<\/a> due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/ransomware\">ransomware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Microsoft reporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/why-microsoft-is-deploying-honeypots-to-catch-threat-actors\">600 million cyberattacks every day<\/a> and other top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/133\/cloud-provider\">cloud providers<\/a> facing constant attempts, centralized clouds are under heavy fire.<\/p>\n<p>There is a constant onslaught of cyber attacks each week, such as the November 2024 Blue Yonder attack, which, by infiltrating one supply chain operator, disrupted retailers from supermarkets to Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>The data and power demands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/190\/artificial-intelligence-ai\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, in particular, keep driving larger companies into the cloud \u2014 but it&#8217;s a gold rush fraught with danger.<\/p>\n<p>Techopedia speaks to experts and explores why the cloud needs a stronger focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24747\/cybersecurity\">cybersecurity<\/a> as we move into 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h2><span id=\"key_takeaways\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Centralized cloud environments are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks, leading to significant consequences for businesses and critical infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Google&#8217;s decision to force MFA highlights the industry&#8217;s need for better cloud security while new trends like Data Security Posture Management emerge.<\/li>\n<li>Decentralized cloud technology is another idea \u2014 with higher security but with more complexity.<\/li>\n<li>There is no silver bullet, but one thing is certain: the attacks will keep on coming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n    <section class=\"toc-sticky w-100 bg-white \">\n        <div class=\"toc-sticky__container container\">\n            <div class=\"toc-sticky__open d-flex 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href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13657\/multi-factor-authentication-mfa\">multi-factor authentication<\/a> (MFA) will be <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/blog\/products\/identity-security\/mandatory-mfa-is-coming-to-google-cloud-heres-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\">mandatory for everyone on the Google Cloud<\/a> starting in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement is not an isolated Google security feature but part of a wider trend across the industry that seeks to reduce the large number of cybersecurity incidents happening in centralized cloud environments.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not necessarily going to save the day: As the Cloud Security Alliance puts it, poor implementation of MFA or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/23922\/identity-and-access-management-iam\">Identity and Access Management<\/a> (IAM) is <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudsecurityalliance.org\/press-releases\/2024\/10\/30\/csa-finds-technical-debt-as-top-hurdle-to-identity-system-modernization\" target=\"_blank\">just one of the many problems the cloud faces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is exponential \u2014 most businesses operate in more than one cloud via multi or hybrid cloud environments, meaning security teams struggle to gain visibility into an ever-expanding digital attack surface that is ripe with vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"knowing_where_all_your_data_lives_is_a_start\">Knowing Where All Your Data Lives Is a Start<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paulo-henriques-4370374\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Paulo Henriques<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Head of Cyber Security Operations at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exponential-e.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Exponential-e<\/strong><\/a>, an IT-managed service company, told us that no single data security technology in the market today stands out as the best.<\/p>\n<p>Approaches like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/25115\/data-loss-prevention-dlp\">Data Loss Prevention<\/a> (DLP), which can efficiently monitor and manage how data is accessed and used, particularly outside the secure environment, is a starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Henriques said companies need to identify the most sensitive data they work with and take actions to secure that treasure trove.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Encryption of data at rest and in transit remains critical, but it has become a standard feature in most solutions and is now considered less of a primary concern,&#8221; Henriques said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arvind-nithrakashyap-752280\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arvind Nithrakashyap<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Co-Founder and CTO at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubrik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rubrik<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> a Palo Alto, California data security company, told us that there is still a lot of confusion regarding where data lives on the cloud, what it contains, and how to protect it.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;New GenAI enterprise applications have made it critical for organizations to monitor what data is being sent into LLMs.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To solve these gaps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/security-posture\">Data Security Posture Management<\/a> (DSPM) is emerging.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an approach to data security that solves one of the most complex issues in modern cloud environments: knowing where all your data is and how it is secured,&#8221; Nithrakashyap said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;DSPM provides clear visibility to address this and ensure that only safe, compliant data is used in GenAI applications.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After all, cybercriminals and nation-state-supported threat groups see data on the cloud as the grand prize.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/shulmana\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alex Shulman-Peleg<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Americas Cloud Cybersecurity Leader at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ey.com\/global\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EY Consulting<\/strong><\/a>, an assurance, tax, and information technology services firm, agreed that DSPM is part of the necessary cybersecurity toolkit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DSPM tools are becoming more popular, as these tools offer a cross-cloud platform for data discovery, policy management, and alerting,&#8221; Shulman-Peleg said.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"is_decentralization_cloud_blockchain_the_future\">Is Decentralization &amp; Cloud Blockchain the Future?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The big problem with centralized cloud environments is exactly what it sounds like: they are centralized.<\/p>\n<p>This means that all the data is stored in one location, and when attackers manage to breach the digital attack surface, it is jackpot time.<\/p>\n<p>But what if data on the cloud was constantly on the move, hashed, encrypted, and stored in different servers? This is the core idea behind decentralized clouds, which heavily use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30246\/blockchain\">blockchain<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n<p>We asked <a href=\"https:\/\/il.linkedin.com\/in\/meny-har\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Meny Har<\/strong><\/a><strong>, CEO and co-founder at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opus.security\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Opus Security<\/strong><\/a>, a cloud-native security remediation platform, if he saw potential in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/decentralization\">decentralized<\/a> cloud technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yes, decentralized cloud security technologies present significant potential by distributing security controls and data management across multiple nodes, thereby reducing single points of failure and enhancing resilience against cyber threats.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Har explained, decentralized clouds can improve scalability and flexibility, allowing organizations to tailor security measures to specific needs while maintaining robust protection.<\/p>\n<p>While some question the availability of data and speed as the main cons of decentralized cloud infrastructures, Har disagrees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Decentralized solutions facilitate more granular access controls and faster response times, making them a promising advancement in the evolving cloud security landscape.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But if decentralized blockchain technology can be used to build much safer cloud infrastructure, why is it not becoming the norm? Henriques from Exponential-e suggested:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;These advantages come with a trade-off: increased complexity in managing and monitoring a decentralized model.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For cloud engineers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13607\/devops\">DevOps<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/34724\/devsecops\">DevSecOps<\/a> teams, decentralized technology involves a new skill set, a more complex system that requires sophisticated syncing and is harder to manage as they have no source of single truth dashboards.<\/p>\n<p>In short, building, operating, and maintaining decentralized clouds is more expensive and requires mastering blockchain tech.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"the_cloud_security_silver_bullet_mantra\">The Cloud Security Silver Bullet Mantra<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With reports showing that large businesses work with 10 to 15 security vendors and use, on average, <a href=\"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/work-productivity-en\/na\/fa2-whats-your-companys-cybersecurity-score\/\" target=\"_blank\">75 cybersecurity solutions<\/a>, the &#8220;no-silver-bullet&#8221; mantra is well established.<\/p>\n<p>This mantra pushes the narrative that only holistic cybersecurity frameworks are effective.<\/p>\n<p>However, cybersecurity reports reveal that this approach is extremely vulnerable, and companies that use this concept are still being breached.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Har from Opus Security for his thoughts on this one.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the cybersecurity industry, the notion of a silver bullet solution, such as a universal data security layer, is less practical than embracing holistic frameworks that orchestrate diverse security solutions&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While we agree that holistic approaches are indispensable today, there is also clear evidence of how innovative technology can quickly break the bullet&#8217;s trajectory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/34633\/generative-ai\">GenAI<\/a>, for example, took over the world in record time and is just one case of how new threats can throw a security plan into disarray.<\/p>\n<p>As cyberattacks prove every day, holistic cybersecurity solutions and frameworks in place today cannot always move fast enough to deal with today&#8217;s threats.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"the_bottom_line\">The Bottom Line<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Centralization is the big problem the cloud has that no one wants to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>Those massive data leaks and the cyberattacks that shut down ambulances and emergency services across cities are a real threat to how we live our lives, and the attack landscape becomes a lot easier when services run on centralized clouds.<\/p>\n<p>There is not a clear answer to this one: is it decentralized clouds, keeping data on-site, or hoping defenses can keep up with the constant attacks?<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"faqs\">FAQs<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"man_faq_sec\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\"><\/time><section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">What are the biggest cybersecurity threats to the cloud?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Cyberattacks on centralized cloud environments, including ransomware and nation-state threats, pose the greatest risks \u2014 if the events of 2024 teach us anything.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">How does decentralization improve cloud security?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Decentralized clouds distribute data and security controls across multiple nodes, reducing single points of failure and stopping data from being kept in one place.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">Why is Google forcing MFA for Google Cloud users?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Mandatory MFA can help reduce risks from poor identity management practices and strengthen security for users in centralized cloud environments.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">What are the challenges of decentralized cloud technology?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Decentralized clouds require new skill sets, complex management systems, and higher costs compared to centralized models.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">Is there a silver bullet for cloud cybersecurity?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">No. Effective cloud security relies on a combination of frameworks and 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