As the pandemic hit businesses across the globe, cloud adoption followed the increase in remote working. Increased flexibility, productivity, and reduced costs made it a viable option for businesses while people started to work from home. However, the recent massive upward trend in cyber breaches forces everyone to rethink how to approach security practices, compliance standards, and employee training.
Various research reports explain that misconfiguration, lack of visibility, identity, and unauthorized access come under the highest-ranked cloud threats. To beat the growing number of attacks, security experts and solution providers are striving their best to develop the most secure practices and approaches in cloud security.
One such approach, the zero trust model, offers complete security by assuring no one gets access to data until their identity is authenticated. It ensures the users get access only to the information that they need. Businesses have also introduced advanced security solutions with high-end features, including multiple levels of user identity authentication. This model gives the control back to the organization and increases accountability. By providing limited access, the possibility of data breaches is reduced.
Adapting to such types of security models becomes necessary with an increased number of insider attacks.
The continuous advancement in Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning also creates advanced ways for businesses to strengthen their security techniques. These technical advancements offer complete protection of the data, thereby saving businesses from severe cyber thefts.
At this juncture, we at GRC Outlook Magazine have shortlisted some of the leading cloud security solution providers to help businesses find the right security partner based on the unique requirement. The companies listed here are innovative in their way and deliver solutions that stand out from the crowd.
Scott Silk
Chairman & CEO
Boston, MA
astadia.com
Astadia is the industry leader for mainframe migrations and modernizations. They handle millions of lines of code every year for forward-thinking businesses around the world.
Anup Ghosh
CEO
Bethesda, MD
fidelissecurity.com
Fidelis Cybersecurity, the industry innovator in proactive cyber defense solutions, safeguards modern IT environments with unparalleled detection, deception, response, cloud security, and compliance capabilities. We offer full visibility across hybrid environments via rich, dynamic cyber terrain mapping and multi-faceted context and risk assessment.
David Hatfield
Chairman and Co-CEO
San Jose, CA
lacework.com
Lacework is the data-driven security platform for the cloud. The Lacework Cloud Security Platform, powered by Polygraph, automates cloud security at scale so their customers can innovate with speed and safety.
Peter Leav
President & CEO
Santa Clara, CA
mcafee.com
McAfee is a global organization with a 30-year history and a brand known the world over for innovation, collaboration and trust. McAfee’s historical accomplishments are founded upon decades of threat and vulnerability research, product innovation, practical application and a brand which individuals, organizations and governments have come to trust.
Raluca Ada Popa
President
San Francisco, CA
opaque.co
Opaque Systems commercializes the open source MC2 Platform which leverages a novel combination of two key technologies—secure hardware enclaves and cryptographic fortification.
Nikesh Arora
CEO
Santa Clara, CA
paloaltonetworks.com
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate.
Sumedh Thakar
CEO
Foster City, CA
qualys.com
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions with over 19,000 active customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100.
Amit Yoran
CEO
Columbia, MD
tenable.com
Tenable is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 30,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform.
Eva Chen
CEO
Tokyo, Japan
trendmicro.com
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro's cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.
Rangarajan Raghuram
CEO
Palo Alto, CA
vmware.com
At VMware, they believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. They look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. They compute, cloud, mobility, networking and security offerings form a digital foundation that powers the apps, services and experiences that are transforming the world.