Today’s workforces are more geographically dispersed than ever, especially as more employees are working remotely. As businesses transition toward hybrid, cloud, and multi-cloud environments, their IT staff encounter new security issues that traditional cybersecurity programs are ill-suited to handle.
Traditional cybersecurity applies perimeter defense to protect an organization’s networks, applications, and data. Functional tools such as firewalls are the hallmark of traditional security efforts, setting up a presumptive trusted zone inside the perimeter.
Cloud-native cybersecurity solutions provide a more data- and user-centric approach to ransomware protection. Cloud-native security focuses on data encryption, role-based access controls, and identity management. Rather than limiting efforts to block attacks on the edges, cloud-native security considers threats to data end-to-end, from user to cloud systems.
