A new report from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology reveals that 84% of government agencies have begun migrating to the cloud. Nearly half of those agencies surveyed cite data security as their top challenge — underscoring how rapid modernization is colliding with mounting cybersecurity risks and operational complexity.
The situation becomes more complex because agencies now operate multiple cloud environments across varying providers, which makes it harder to achieve visibility and risk management. Advanced threats, including ransomware, supply chain breaches and nation-state attacks, exploit these vulnerabilities as the current approach to cloud security needs improvement.
CISA’s Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 25-01, also referred to as the Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) project, should serve as the strategy and the path to successful cloud security. BOD 25-01 should also serve as more than a compliance requirement but as the federal government’s strategic plan for securing cloud environments during this era of federal cloud migration. By mandating secure configuration baselines, automated assessment tools and continuous monitoring,…
