Hybrid Clouds Confuse Security Policies

A hybrid computing environment is becoming the dominant paradigm for enterprises, but security concerns are causing headaches for IT professionals. Some companies find themselves stymied when trying to decide on the technologies they need and the best policies to implement across on-premises and cloud environments.

In August, AlgoSec, a vendor of network security policy management software, asked 363 IT professionals about the challenges their organizations faced securing business applications across hybrid environments.

Two-thirds of the respondents were either already deploying, or planning to deploy within the next three years, at least some business applications on an IaaS platform.

Their responses lend insight into the frustrating puzzle that network security policy has become in the new IT landscape.