Highlights:

  • About 69% of respondents indicate they have had experienced data breaches or exposures due to variances in multi-cloud security arrangements.
  • It is a wake-up call for enterprises to modify how security is managed so that apps are secured at the highest level, no matter where they operate.

Application protection in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud systems has never been more important, yet most businesses fail to do so.

According to a report published by Radware, even as enterprises utilize different solutions to safeguard their cloud apps, 70% are not confident in their ability to apply consistent security across on-premises and multi-cloud systems. About 69% of respondents indicate they have had experienced data breaches or exposures due to variances in multi-cloud security arrangements.

The report titled, “Application Security in a Multi-Cloud World,” commissioned by Radware, takes a closer look at significant security problems posed by managing applications across on-premise and multi-cloud systems.

First, cyberattacks occur frequently. More than half of respondents reported four types of assaults against their apps daily, weekly, or monthly. For example, 20% of respondents reported experiencing weekly bot assaults, while 30% reported experiencing weekly application attacks.

Multicloud security is seen as a significant issue

Adding to the difficulty, the quality of security of multi-cloud protection is in peril. More than half of respondents (51%) believe the absence of excellent cloud application protection to be one of their most serious issues. This indicates that the present security solutions cannot detect, halt, prevent, or mitigate intrusions. The lack of consolidated platform-wide security visibility was the second most significant issue.

To be true, companies are facing immense difficulties in securing their applications from a growing threat environment in frequency, severity, and financial impact – a perfect storm for data breaches.

It is a wake-up call for enterprises to modify how security is managed so that apps are secured at the highest level, no matter where they operate.