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Ways to Improve your Cloud Security Posture with CloudHealth by VMware
“Scarcity of experienced cloud security professionals is no hidden secret in the industry ”
NIKHIL GIRDHAR PRODUCT MARKETING LEADER OF CLOUD SECURITY SOLUTIONS , VMWARE
The findings highlight the trickle-down effect that lack of knowledge can have on security teams . It starts as a general barrier to implementing effective cloud security measures . This leads to misconfigurations , the primary cause of data breaches . But it ’ s also preventing security teams from implementing a solution , such as auto remediation , which could supplement this knowledge and skills deficit .
Nikhil Girdhar , Product Marketing Leader of Cloud Security Solutions at VMWare says : “ Scarcity of experienced cloud security professionals is no hidden secret in the industry . Often , in many companies , a single security professional is seen supporting hundreds of developers using public clouds . Additionally , with the onus of training the broader company on cloud security best practices often falling on central teams , shortage of cloud IT security experts can have an adverse cascading effect on a company ’ s cloud security posture .”
IT skills gap Irish mobile and cloud security company CWSI plans to create 25 new jobs in Ireland and the UK within its service delivery and technical consulting teams . The new roles will include security consultants , delivery and service desk engineers , project and service assurance managers , at a time when
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