Enterprises are investing in multiple cloud solutions to fuel growth and transform legacy applications into something more universally usable. However, the path to success can be fraught with missteps and unknowns that can create excessive risk. Cloud environments are often stitched together using APIs, custom coding, and other methods that add complexity.
That growing complexity has the potential to substantially increase risk and open organizations up to cyberattacks, and complexity further increases as more services and capabilities are added, compounding risk. Having a better understanding of how clouds are built, connected, and managed helps organizations mitigate risks and reduce attack surfaces.
Establish Situational Awareness
Business management expert Peter Drucker famously wrote, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure,” and measurement is one of the most important tools for successfully managing a complex cloud environment. Organizations must take the critical step of measuring their infrastructure by establishing an inventory of systems, applications, and users.
There are numerous ways to measure, ranging from manually performing inventory to using automated…
