Incident response for cloud and SaaS (Software as a Service) requires new capabilities. Gartner® has released its recent report entitled “Emerging Tech: Security — Cloud Investigation and Response Automation Offers Transformation Opportunities.”

Ransomware is out of control. So, what can organizations actually do to deal with this tidal wave of attacks? It’s time for organizations to ask themselves the question, “Are we ransomware ready?” And then think about what ransomware readiness really looks like.

In cloud transitions, the goal is move business processes from an on-premises environment to a cloud-based environment. Inevitably, as the transition progresses, some business processes are fully transferred while others are still in flux. It’s during this transition period that organizations are at risk.

While security should be top of mind for every business, it shouldn’t become a barrier preventing organizations from adopting cloud platforms. Provided you are prepared and take the necessary measures to properly protect data, you can enjoy the benefits of the cloud without compromising information security.

Enterprises moving to the cloud from legacy data centers face many security challenges in making that transition, most notably the following four challenges.

Logs are everywhere—the digital records of events and actions that have taken place in every hardware system, application and network. All of yourdigital environments generate a log of some form.