Security policies fail to keep up with a hybrid cloud world
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Roughly two-thirds of companies have suffered a business-critical app outage due to misconfigured security policies, a Cloud Security Alliance report found.
Published Aug. 31, 2026
Dive Brief:
- Security policy misconfigurations are leading to application outages, failed audit findings and multiday remediation windows, according to a report from the Cloud Security Alliance published in August. The report, commissioned by cybersecurity provider AlgoSec, is based on responses from 515 IT and security professionals to a May 2026 survey.
- Roughly two-thirds of businesses have experienced at least one business-critical application outage due to a misconfigured security policy in the last 12 months, the report found. Another 92% said it was challenging to gain a comprehensive view of security policies across their cloud environments while only 9% of enterprises reported having security policy management integrated into workflows.
- “What was once primarily a network-configuration problem has become an application-connectivity problem,” Hillary Baron,...
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