What Black Hat 2022 reveals about securing the supercloud

TheCUBE: Breaking Analysis + upcoming episodes [What Black Hat '22 tells us about securing the supercloud]( Eighty-five percent of security experts [surveyed]( during a recent Black Hat event agreed that an individual's data and/or credentials are likely to be available to cybercriminals online regardless of how careful they are with security practices. After last month’s [AWS re:Inforce cybersecurity review]( this week’s Breaking Analysis examines “[What Black Hat reveals about securing the supercloud]( Analyst Dave Vellante presents major themes and key takeaways from the event, which “exposes all the warts of cybersecurity and openly discusses its hard truths.” Cybersecurity's hard truths Permanent changes to cyberdefense have been brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Vellante discusses these along with the perennial problems of exposure due to employee behaviors and the cyber skills gap. “Bad user behavior will trump good security technology every time,” Vellante stated, sharing data from the [Black Hat and Dark Reading survey](. Since re:Inforce, Vellante has created a model for new organizational layers within cloud that build a trust framework for security, with cloud as the first line of defense. This week he reviews this model considering information from Black Hat, before concluding with a discussion on security in the supercloud, using quotes from expert participants in theCUBE’s Supercloud22 event.  That “the cloud providers should lead with the security vendor ecosystem playing a supporting role,” is one consensus. But “can you see AWS, Azure and Google in a kumbaya moment getting together to make that happen and harmonize security standards?” Vellante asks. Check out Vellante’s [full report]( and catch up with the entire Breaking Analysis column on [SiliconANGLE]( and. You can also Dave’s analysis on YouTube]( or listen as a. [Get the full report here!]( [Firsthand insights + breaking news in cybersecurity]( Being on top of the latest cybersecurity news requires 24/7 awareness of ongoing trends. With our on-the-ground coverage, breaking news reports and expert analysis, theCUBE and SiliconANGLE make [keeping up with cybersecurity]( much simpler. In [security news]( this past week, theCUBE reported on securing the supercloud with interviews from [Howie Xu]( of Zscaler, [In Sik Rhee]( of Vertex Ventures, [Priya Rajagopal]( of Couchbase, [Ramesh Prabagaran]( of Prosimo.io, and [Steve Mullaney]( of Aviatrix Systems, to name a few. We also provided previews of upcoming cybersecurity focused events and gave a recap of Black Hat 2022 and our own Supercloud22 event. From [coverage]( of major security conferences such as [AWS re:Invent]( [Red Hat Summit]( [KubeCon + CloudNativeCon]( and [RSA]( to numerous exclusive security-focused events, including [Wasabi Secure Storage Hot Takes]( [Manage Risk With the Armis Platform]( [Zebrium Root Cause as a Service]( [Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II]( and our [AWS Startup Showcase]( series, theCUBE is the place to find breaking security news and products. [Follow breaking security news daily]( or catch up with past events with our [article archive]( and [on-demand replays](. 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