Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, about 80% of Federal agencies were using more than one cloud platform, and 85% said the pandemic amplified the importance of moving to a hybrid cloud environment in order to improve government resiliency. The Biden administration’s May 2021 cybersecurity executive order further amplified the push for cloud computing, as the president called on agencies to accelerate their movement to secure cloud services.

As cloud deployments grow – bringing more subnets, instances, and security rules – it becomes hard to visualize the full cloud inventory and the access it provides to agency resources. As clouds connect to other clouds and physical networks, it becomes even more difficult to identify access permissions, misconfigurations that could expose cloud resources to the internet, and resources that attackers could reach.

Download our information brief with MeriTalk on how greater cloud visibility has immediate benefits such as cost savings, better cybersecurity and validation of compliance with security mandates.