It takes an average of just three steps for a threat actor to infiltrate a target cloud environment and get to its “crown jewel” assets, and as a result, vast numbers of organisations are now experiencing cloud security incidents, with at least 80% reporting a “severe” incident in the past 12 months.
This is according to two different reports on the state of cloud security released today by sector specialists Orca Security and Snyk, both of which reveal fresh insight into the cyber risks and challenges brought to the fore by widespread cloud adoption, and how security teams are grappling with them.
