Survey Surfaces Raft of Cloud Security Challenges

A global survey of 414 IT practitioners published this week found 40% of respondents are relying on legacy platforms and practices originally designed for on-premises IT environments to secure cloud computing environments.

Conducted by Aviatrix, a provider of a cloud firewall, the survey found 37% are relying on native services from cloud service providers, while less than a quarter (23%) are using third-party solutions built for the cloud. Only 42% strongly agreed that their organization’s approach to cloud security is achieving its objectives.