Future proof your Cloud Security & Governance strategy and be prepared for 2021

As many organization are going digital as part of digital transformation strategy, businesses and organizations need to be more strategic with their security controls. Market forces continue to push organization to rapid and comprehensive digital transformation, accelerating the use of technologies such as the cloud and agile and increasing exposure to the many inherent security issues. According to IDC, the pandemic has impacted the long-term cloud strategy of many organizations, causing an accelerated move to cloud. Due to the sudden shift and adoption of going digital and work from anywhere due to COVID-19 pandemic (the new normal), businesses have had a short time to reflect and reassess their cloud strategy, how security fits in the picture and how they can ensure that remote workers and their devices are protected and have the security they need to keep their organizations safe and comply with compliance requirements and regulations. As more than half the global economy turns digital by 2023, a new species of enterprise will be required to compete and thrive. IDC 2020 predictions show that enterprises will prepare for the digitized economy by accelerating investments in key technologies and new operating models to become hyper speed, hyperscaled, and hyperconnected organizations. With more assets and data moving to the cloud, cybercriminals are geared up and equipped to target the organizations moving their critical data to cloud. We will discuss lessons learnt from 2020 and top tips to reduce your attack surface in the cloud and future-proof your cloud security strategy for 2021 so you are well prepared and have cloud security as your top priority for 2021. A strong cloud security and Governance strategy will help ensure organizations can take advantage of cloud environment benefits at the same time ensure that the attack surface is reduced and have the risk appetite and mitigation strategy well planned for cloud risks.