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August 21, 2025 at 06:27 PM
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Are Businesses Becoming Too Dependent on Cloud Security Providers?

by kevinasutton7 . Updated 5 months, 1 week ago

I’ve been working with companies that are moving almost everything to the cloud. While it definitely simplifies security management, I sometimes feel like organizations are becoming too dependent on their cloud security vendors.

For example, I’ve seen cases where a company had almost no internal security expertise left because “the cloud provider handles it.” That works until something goes wrong that requires in-house knowledge, and then everyone scrambles.

What do you think? Is this dependency a smart strategy, or should businesses balance cloud solutions with their own cybersecurity teams?

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