How Can Enterprises Move from Cloud Security Visibility to Real Enforcement?

About this episode

Amit Megiddo discusses the challenges enterprises face in enforcing cloud security controls effectively across complex environments.

Podcast series: The Security Strategist Guest: Amit Megiddo, CEO and Co-Founder, Native Host: Richard Stiennon, Chief Analyst Researcher at IT-Harvest In the recent episode of The Security Strategist Podcast , Amit Megiddo, CEO and Co-Founder, Native, joins host Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, to discuss a growing challenge in enterprise cloud security. Enterprises are investing heavily in cloud providers’ built-in controls, yet risk persists when those controls are not consistently enforced across complex environments. According to Megiddo, the problem isn't a lack of tools, but a failure to make them work effectively. Drawing on his experience launching Amazon GuardDuty at Amazon Web Services , the Native CEO explains that enterprises have hit a tipping point. The challenge is no longer about visibility. It is about executing at scale across complex multi-cloud environments. What is the Execution Gap in Cloud Security? Cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services , Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud offer a wide range of built-in security features. Yet, as Megiddo points out, most enterprises are only using a small part of what is available…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Stiennon

Guest: Amit Megiddo

Topics covered

• cloud security
• enterprise challenges
• security enforcement
• multi-cloud environments
• execution gap

Keywords

• cloud security
• visibility
• enforcement
• multi-cloud
• security policies
• execution gap
• Amazon GuardDuty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Native, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IT-Harvest

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