Can Enterprises Hire Their Way Out of Cloud Security Risks?

Cloud Services are the New Norm The Network Perimeter is Eroding 83% Cloud services are the new norm. Enterprises have fallen in love with the cloud’s ability to reduce costs, increase innovation, and improve agility. As a result, enterprises are using the cloud to store and manage IP, customer data, and a host of other business-critical assets. Along with cloud services being the new norm, there’s another harsh reality – and that is the advent of bring your own device, or BYOD. With this new reality the network perimeter as we knew it has eroded. 80% 42% By 2017, 50% of employers will require BYOD. Cisco believes that there will be a 73% growth in mobile devices from 2014 to 2018. 86% of all workloads in the cloud by 2019. Automation with a CASB is the Key CASBs turn error-prone, manual labor into the near instant ability to codify events, assess outcomes, and take action through software You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of the Problem Many enterprises have tried to balance their need to take advantage of the cloud with their need to protect their most valuable assets by hiring the best security professionals on the market. But this particular security challenge requires a new level of expertise. Cloud security professionals’ skillsets have to be both broad and deep, making them difficult to find. 46% 46% of companies reported a skills shortage InfoSec Skills shortage in 2014 was 1 million And it’s estimated to be 1.5 million by 2019 Because security professionals are hard to find, they’re also expensive to hire and retain. And even if companies can find and retain talent, humans make errors. Gartner predicts that through 2020, 95% of cloud security failures will be the customer's fault. 1 7 4% of enterprises feel vulnerable to insider threats 60% of organizations believe privileged users pose the greatest insider threat CASBs can detect or predict a breach before it happens, eliminating the time and costs that come with finding and taking action against an issue. CASBs work with the investments enterprises have already made in cybersecurity and reduce the number of additional tools needed to secure their cloud footprint, leading to further savings. We invite you to explore Palerra. Palerra is a leading cloud access security broker (CASB) with a revolutionary approach to securing your entire cloud footprint. As the pioneer of API-based CASBs, Palerra LORIC TM is the only CASB to provide visibility and security across SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments. Download the free white paper to learn how to secure your entire cloud footprint. Can Enterprises Hire Their Way Out of Cloud Security Risks? 42% of financial services companies use SaaS today 80% of global enterprises will use IaaS in 2016 83% of data center traffic will come from cloud services and applications by 2019 Lead Software Security Engineer Director of Security Cyber Security Engineer $233,000 $178,333 $170,000 TOP ANNUAL SECURITY SALARIES View Source Citations: www.palerra.com/skillsinfographic-sources 3945 Freedom Circle Ste 560 Santa Clara CA 95054 /// 650 300 5222 /// [email protected] /// palerra.com 1. Gartner “Clouds Are Secure: Are You Using Them Securely?” Published: 21 July 2016

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Cloud Services are the New Norm

The Network Perimeter is Eroding

83%

Cloud services are the new norm. Enterprises have fallen in love with the cloud’s ability to reduce costs, increase innovation, and improve agility. As a result, enterprises are using the cloud to store

and manage IP, customer data, and a host of other business-critical assets.

Along with cloud services being the new norm, there’s another harsh reality – and that is the advent of bring your own device, or BYOD. With this new reality the

network perimeter as we knew it has eroded.

80%42%

By 2017, 50% of employers will require BYOD.

Cisco believes that there will be a 73% growth in mobile devices from 2014 to 2018.

86% of all workloads in the cloud by 2019.

Automation with a CASB is the Key

CASBs turn error-prone, manual labor into the near instant ability to codify events, assess outcomes, and take action through software

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You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of the Problem

Many enterprises have tried to balance their need to take advantage of the cloud with their need to protect their most valuable assets by hiring the best security professionals on the

market. But this particular security challenge requires a new level of expertise. Cloud security professionals’ skillsets have to be both broad and deep, making them difficult to find.

46%46% of companies

reported a skills shortage

InfoSec Skills shortage in

2014 was 1 million

And it’s estimated to be

1.5 million by 2019

Because security professionals are hard to find, they’re also expensive to hire and retain.

And even if companies can find and retain talent, humans make errors.

Gartner predicts that through 2020, 95% of cloud security failures will be the customer's fault.1

74% of enterprises feel vulnerable to insider threats

60% of organizations believe privileged users pose the greatest insider threat

� CASBs can detect or predict a breach before it happens, eliminating the time and costs that come with finding and taking action against an issue.

CASBs work with the investments enterprises have already made in cybersecurity and reduce the number of additional tools needed to secure their cloud footprint, leading to further savings.

�

We invite you to explore Palerra.

Palerra is a leading cloud access security broker (CASB) with a revolutionary approach to securing your entire cloud footprint. As the pioneer of API-based CASBs, Palerra LORICTM is the only CASB to provide visibility and security across SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments.

Download the free white paper to learn how to secure your entire cloud footprint.