Security in the Cloud: It’s Complicated

The inaugural HashiCorp State of Cloud Strategy survey highlights the complexity and importance of security issues in cloud adoption, with 47% of respondents citing security concerns as their second biggest cloud inhibitor. Security was a top concern for financial services organizations and healthcare/biotech companies, but less so for entertainment/media firms and software/services companies. Geographically, security concerns were most pervasive in the Asia-Pacific region, while respondents in Europe/Middle East/Africa had the lowest percentage. Small businesses were least concerned about security, with 38% of these respondents calling it a top-three cloud inhibitor, compared to 55% of large enterprises. Security was also cited as a multi-cloud driver for 16% of respondents, particularly in the public sector and financial industry. Data/privacy protection was the top cloud security concern, citing staff and skills shortages as a major challenge. Almost 90% of respondents agreed that right tools are essential for managing multi-cloud environments, with infrastructure automation tools being critical for security, but only half of respondents currently using them in this area.

No tracked trend matches for this post yet.

Use this post, company, and trend context to find content marketing opportunities, perform competitive analysis, or address product feature gaps via the Plushcap MCP server or the Plushcap API.