Knowledge and Resource Deficit.
For the longest time, security was the number one voiced cloud challenge. However, in 2016, the lack of resources and expertise is progressing ahead. This is due to factors such as lack of training, multiple cloud vendors, and different cloud deployments. Today, finding cloud expertise training is still tricky. While cloud technology continues to advance rapidly, organizations are placing more and more workloads in the cloud. Due to these factors, companies are struggling to keep up with the tools. Also, the necessity of expertise continues to rise. Furthermore, as there are not many standards and certifications, it becomes more difficult to know if someone has the necessary knowledge. Different cloud vendors use different terms and have different strengths. Cloud providers also vary according to their needs, but if they do not recognize these differences, for multiple errors to uprise. Although there seems to be a deficit in knowledge in the cloud computing world, these challenges can be kept to a minimum by additional training of IT and development staff.
In 2018, ESG reported that 51% of organizations had problems with cybersecurity technology from 45% in 2017. To make matters worse, ESG feels that 63% of cybersecurity professionals do not receive proper training from employers. What does this mean? As skills are scarce and senior staff are doing extra work, 22% of organizations report that the cybersecurity team is not enough for the size of the organization and that the security team is left with weeds. As the gap between skills and employment grows, these employees are more likely to burn out. This means data, consumers, and companies connected to it are still vulnerable.