Nearly all firms have suffered a cloud security issue this year TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Nearly all firms have suffered a cloud security issue this year By Sead Fadilpašić published 15 September 2022 Current security solutions are no longer fit for purpose (Image credit: Shutterstock) Audio player loading… Four in five companies have had at least one serious cloud security incident in the past 12 months, a new report from Snyk has found, with data breaches, data leaks, and perimeter breaches all sadly increasingly common. The attacks occur for a number of reasons: either because a company's current security solutions don't work properly, or have limited functionality in the cloud (opens in new tab) (78%), or the organizations don't have an adequately educated and experienced workforce (93%). Even cloud-native security solutions don't help that much. In fact, almost half (41%) told Snyk they only "further complicate" things. Poor collaboration "The widespread adoption of cloud-native application development has enabled modern developers to move faster and increase outputs to meet the demands of today's enterprise," said Snyk's Andrew Wright. "However, new challenges and complexities have emerged as the overall attack surface has expanded and the clear delineation of security responsibilities has blurred." According to Wright, many of the problems businesses are seeing with cloud security today happen as a result of poor collaboration between different departments, as well as poor training that doesn't help with the organization's digital transformation. In fact, 77% of firms see this as a "major challenge", he said. "For instance, when different teams use different tools or policy frameworks, reconciling work across those teams and ensuring consistent enforcement can be challenging."Read more> Cloud data breaches are getting bigger and nastier > These are the top data breaches and cyber attacks so far this year > Here are the best cloud antivirus options right now (opens in new tab) This is not the first time researchers are warning about more pain coming from cloud breaches. In early June, the 2022 Thales Cloud Security Report found almost half (45%) of businesses experienced a cloud-based data breach, or failed audit in the past 12 months, up 5% from 2021. What's more, a third (32%) have had to notify the government, customers, partners, and employees, of a data breach. The number of threats is also growing fast. A quarter (26%) have experienced an increase in malware attacks, and ransomware attacks, against their endpoints (opens in new tab), while a fifth (19%) spotted more phishing and whaling than a year ago.These are the best firewalls (opens in new tab) right now Via: VentureBeat (opens in new tab) Sead Fadilpašić Sead is a seasoned freelance journalist based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He writes about IT (cloud, IoT, 5G, VPN) and cybersecurity (ransomware, data breaches, laws and regulations). In his career, spanning more than a decade, he's written for numerous media outlets, including Al Jazeera Balkans. He's also held several modules on content writing for Represent Communications. See more Computing news Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to theTechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1You may not have to sell a body part to afford the Nvidia RTX 4090 after all2My days as a helpful meat shield are over, thanks to the Killer Klown horror game3I tried the weirdest-looking Bluetooth speaker in the world, and I utterly adore it4It looks like Fallout's spiritual successor is getting a PS5 remaster5One of the world's most popular programming languages is coming to Linux1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Best laptops for designers and coders 3Miofive 4K Dash Cam review4Logitech's latest webcam and headset want to relieve your work day frustrations5Best offers on Laptops for Education – this festive season Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)