The adoption rate of cloud technology remains strong, with organizations hosting more than half of their workloads on cloud platforms. This shift has led to an increase in multi-cloud usage, with dominant providers like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services leading the market. However, this migration towards the cloud also presents immense challenges, particularly in terms of data security. To address these concerns, organizations are keen to ensure that security is not an afterthought in their cloud adoption journey. In response to the increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks, two major advancements have emerged in the realm of cloud security – the Zero Trust model and the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
