Even before the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent reshaping of the global workforce, public cloud has been strongly driving digital and business innovation. In addition to unleashing a host of business benefits, rapid cloud adoption was already creating new challenges and risks, including security concerns about collaboration and workflows, prior to the massive shift to remote work and online computing brought about by the “new normal.”
To take a closer look at public cloud, adoption trends, security concerns, app vulnerabilities, and a variety of related issues, Barracuda commissioned independent market researcher Vanson Bourne to conduct a global survey of 750 IT decision makers responsible for their organization’s cloud infrastructure. The survey, fielded in February 2020, included participants from the U.S., EMEA and APAC, representing organizations of all sizes from a broad range of industries.
While applications are a key part of many cloud deployments, rapid adoption of the cloud and the ongoing evolution of apps both create new risks. Careful attention must be given to secure the growing application threat vector. New strategies and solutions, including Web Application Firewalls specifically designed to protect apps from advanced threats, are required to help mitigate these risks.