Today marks World Cloud Security Day, a day for highlighting the importance of securing data in the cloud. This year, reflecting on cloud security comes with two main focuses: identity visibility in cybersecurity, and cloud adoption flexibility for physical security. 

Cloud Security and Cybersecurity 

“World Cloud Security Day is a useful reminder to recognize how much cloud risk now comes down to everyday access decisions and overlooked misconfigurations,” says James Maude, Field CTO at BeyondTrust. 

In the modern cyber landscape, bolstering cloud security is crucial. As an organization’s cloud environment expands and grows in complexity, so does its attack surface, and identity security and visibility become essential. 

“Many incidents don’t involve sophisticated zero-day exploits. Instead credentials, permissions, or tokens are misused in ways no one expected,” Maude explains. “In the cloud, one compromised identity can lead to a breach at machine speed and hyperscale. This is why reducing standing privilege and tightening access isn’t about slowing teams down, it’s about limiting how far a mistake or compromise can spread.” 

World Cloud Security Day is a not only a reminder of the importance of securing the cloud, but a time for organizations to reflect on what the next steps are for securing their unique cloud environments. 

“As cloud environments grow more complex, clarity over who (or what) can do what matters more than adding yet another security layer. Getting the basics of identity and access right still pays the biggest dividends,” Maude asserts. 

Cloud Security and Physical Security 

In the realm of physical security, cloud adoption can be a complex process. Asserting that a cloud-only environment should be the sole end goal for all enterprises ignores the operational realities of many organizations, making flexibility and long-term resilience difficult to sustain. 

Findings from Genetec’s 2026 State of Physical Security report show that when enterprises opt for hybrid-cloud environments, it is often done for the sake of resiliency rather than simplicity. 

• 39% of organizations say scalability is a primary reason for adopting hybrid-cloud environments
• 38% of organizations say redundancy is a primary reason for adopting hybrid-cloud environments

“Enterprise physical security seldom operates within a single deployment model, and cloud strategies must reflect that reality,” explains Francis Lachance, Senior Director, Product, Genetec Inc. “Organizations run cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments in parallel, and their systems must work seamlessly across all of them. That is how enterprises maintain governance, visibility, and control over environments that are built to operate for years.”