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Cloud confidence is rising, with nearly 65 percent of IT leaders feeling the cloud is as secure as or more secure than on premises software.Reavis explained that in the near future, applications will mature and improve their security posture as developers gravitate towards greater use of common APIs and cloud infrastructure that is vetted for security.”At the same time, innovative new cloud applications will use brand new technology to push the envelope of cloud capabilities, which will introduce new vulnerabilities,” he said. “In aggregate, not much will change as improved infrastructure will be balanced by new risks. However, these cloud applications will, by comparison, be more secure than un-managed traditional software applications.”
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