Red Hat Shares — July 2017: Hybrid cloud security

Hybrid cloud computing offers the best of public and private cloud. It also creates unique security challenges, like data moving continuously between clouds, increased complexity and attack surface, and more aggressive threats. Building security in to your hybrid cloud roadmap―as with an open hybrid cloud approach―is essential.

This month, learn how to address security issues, including compliance and policy-based management, in a hybrid cloud environment.

CSO from IDG explains how new cloud services―with assistance from machine learning―are helping businesses address hybrid cloud challenges with more visibility, compliance, and control.

A.I. for the win

• 57% of IT organizations surveyed are running a hybrid cloud architecture, up from 19% last year.¹
• US$92B is the estimated hybrid cloud market value for 2021, up from $33B in 2016.²
• 49% of IT organizations surveyed had slowed their cloud adoption due to a lack of cybersecurity skills.¹
• 40% of cloud services used today are commissioned without the involvement of the IT department.¹

The Sanger Institute collaborates with startups, pharmaceutical companies, governments, and research centers worldwide. To meet growing and evolving research needs, the Institute created a hybrid cloud environment for secure, self-service access to computing resources and sensitive data.

• Red Hat Ceph Storage 2.3
• Red Hat Satellite 5.8
• Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure