Whitepaper · from Sysdig
Your Cloud Security Strategy is Backward Put Runtime First, Not Posture
Your Cloud Security Strategy Is Backward Cloud adoption has transformed the way business gets done. What was once a predictable, on?premises environment has become a sprawling, cloud-native ecosystem, powered by
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- 8 Jun 2026
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Your Cloud Security Strategy Is Backward Cloud adoption has transformed the way business gets done. What was once a predictable, on?premises environment has become a sprawling, cloud-native ecosystem, powered by containers, Kubernetes, and serverless infrastructure. The upside: Unmatched speed, scale, and flexibility. The tradeoff: A new and expanding attack surface.
With more than 200 zettabytes of data projected to live in the cloud by 2025, attackers aren’t standing still. Today, 40% of breaches involve cloud-stored data, across public, private, and hybrid environments. The shift to the cloud isn’t new. But the security model most organizations are using still is.
Many teams are trying to force-fit legacy endpoint detection and response (EDR) into a world it wasn’t built for. Others are leaning on cloud security posture management (CSPM) alone, hoping that configuration checks will be enough to stop modern threats. It’s time to stop securing the cloud like it’s the data center.
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