Gartner's Don't Let Cloud Migration Flip Your Network and Put Users in Charge of Enterprise Security

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As enterprises migrate to the cloud, Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes a reality to contend with. According to Gartner, "Everyone in a business run in the public cloud is a remote and mobile user — even those who still routinely visit an office." Ironically, the biggest challenge your organization might have to contend with in the move to the public cloud is not cloud security, but mobile security. 

Download this research note from Gartner to learn about impacts of migrating to the cloud and top recommendations for maintaining security and usability. You will learn recommendations such as / Gartner’s lists of recommendations include some of the following :

  • Enforce consistent security policies across multiple clouds and multiple BYO devices
  • Deploy a CASB to retain consistent policy and governance across the customer-focused layers of all three cloud delivery models (IaaS, platform as a service [PaaS] and SaaS
  • Update user roles and identities to reflect current business processes by re-evaluating trust and access relationships across the virtual enterprise.

Gartner: Don't Let Cloud Migration Flip Your Network and Put Users in Charge of Enterprise Security, Steve Riley, John Girard, May 10 2018.