Securing Your Cloud: Key Statistics and Best Practices for Business Owners [INFOGRAPHIC]

With the growing transition to cloud-based environments, understanding data security requirements has become a business imperative for companies. If you fail to take active steps to improve your cloud security, you can face significant compliance and governance risks while managing client information, irrespective of where it’s stored.

As technology progresses, the methods used by malicious actors to compromise security have become increasingly sophisticated. Research reveals that “for almost 33% of organizations, the complexity of their cloud environments makes it challenging to rapidly identify and correct misconfigurations before they can be exploited by an attacker.”

That’s why you need to ensure that your cloud computing partner deals with data asset security and accountability in addition to infrastructure management.

The security of the cloud should be a vital matter of discussion, regardless of the size of your business. This is because cloud technology plays a crucial role in supporting various aspects of contemporary computing across various industries and sectors.

However, the successful implementation of cloud technology requires the implementation of sufficient measures to protect against current cyber threats.

Here are some key statistics that you as a business owner should pay attention to and best practices you should comply with (please see the infographic below):