Top 5 Considerations for Multicloud Security

The move to leveraging multiple public cloud providers introduces new challenges and opportunities for security and compliance professionals. As the service offering landscape is constantly evolving, it is far too easy to prescribe security solutions that are not accurate in all cases. This paper will examine five critical considerations for securely using the three biggest public cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform. While it is tempting to dismiss the multicloud movement or block it at the enterprise level, this will only make the problem harder to control. By embracing multicloud as inevitable and working to understand it, security and compliance professionals can help move the organization forward safely.