With businesses around the globe—especially in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe—bracing for potential cyber-attacks orchestrated by Russia or its hackers, a leading cyber security firm is warning most software upgrades are not adequately addressing the most vulnerable component of the “modern cyber-attack surface.”
Most business security policies and resilience upgrades are focused on physical infrastructure, such as PCs, smartphones, routers, and IoT (Internet of Things) devices, but the vast majority of organizations’ assets and security susceptibilities are now in the cloud, according to a recently published study by JupiterOne.