- TransNumerik
- 14/01/2025
The Multicloud:
A Strategic Challenge for Modern Companies.
With the rise of digital solutions, MultiCloud is emerging as a key strategy for businesses seeking flexibility, performance and security. By leveraging multiple Cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, organizations can diversify their tools, optimize costs and increase resilience to the unexpected.
The major advantages of a Multi-Cloud strategy
1. Flexibility and agility:
Companies can choose the best solutions to meet their specific needs, while adapting rapidly to market changes.
2. Cost optimization:
By comparing offers and prices from different suppliers, it becomes easier to maximize return on investment.
3. Enhanced resilience:
By distributing data across multiple platforms, the risk of failure or critical downtime is considerably reduced.
The challenges of successful adoption
Despite its many advantages,MultiCloudcomes with significant challenges:
- Management complexity:
Orchestrating multiple Cloud environments requires expertise and the right tools.
- Data security:
The multiplicity of platforms makes it difficult to implement uniform, regulatory-compliant protection.
- Interoperability:
Solutions from different suppliers are not always compatible, making integration difficult.
Key figure:
"83% of companies encrypt less than half of their sensitive data in a Multi-Cloud environment". According to a Thales study.
How can MultiCloud be simplified and secured?
MultiCloud management platforms offer concrete solutions to these challenges:
- Centralized management:
Control your data and applications from a single interface.
- Unified security:
Apply consistent protection policies across all your infrastructures.
- Optimized costs and performance:
Gain complete visibility to fine-tune your investments.
Zero Trust is a cybersecurity approach based on the principle of “never trust, always verify”. Unlike traditional models, which trust users and devices inside the network, Zero Trust treats every connection attempt as a potential threat.
Benefits of Zero Trust
1/ Increased security:
By continuously verifying access and using methods such as MFA and microsegmentation, Zero Trust strengthens security against internal and external threats.
2/ Adaptability:
The model adapts in real time to user behavior and access contexts, offering dynamic protection.
3/ Risk reduction:
Even in the event of compromise, microsegmentation prevents attacks from spreading to other parts of the network.
Adopting Zero Trust is essential for modern businesses to meet current and future cybersecurity challenges. Implementing a Multi-Cloud strategy means investing in an agile, scalable and resilient IT infrastructure. However, the success of this approach depends on the adoption of modern tools and enhanced Cybersecurity.
Source: Tech & Cyber, JDN
