While many companies are making the move to public clouds for high-consumption applications that benefit from cloud agility but don’t pose a significant data risk, it’s almost impossible for businesses to shift entirely offsite. “Many companies still have both branch offices and data centers,” notes Ajay Uggirala, director of product marketing for SonicWall. “They have both on-premises solutions and use the public cloud, and they want a solution that can secure both.”
According to survey data from the Cloud Security Alliance, 81 percent of companies experienced “significant security concerns” in large cloud projects, with 57 percent primarily worried about regulatory compliance and 42 percent experiencing network outages due to human errors or device configuration changes. Proactive detection of security threats is the top priority to address these issues, followed closely by concerns about visibility.
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