Moving to the cloud gives access to enterprise-class technology, for everyone. It also allows smaller businesses to act faster than big, established competitors at the same time there are also some major disadvantages. Cloud applications have many benefits, such as flexibility, scalability, business continuity, and more, but going “all in” with the cloud isn’t without some serious drawbacks? Poor identity, access and credential management is the biggest cybersecurity challenge for cloud computing, after the shift to remote working has redefined the workplace and changed priorities around the use of cloud applications and services, warns new research. When you use a cloud-based application, you’re entrusting the security of your data to a 3rd party. You’re still handing over sensitive data on your company, employees, and customers to another party who is hosting your data on a server that’s sight unseen. As opposed to just paying for software once and keeping it forever, cloud-applications run on a subscription model where you pay per user per month or per year. If your budget is tight, say for one month, you could end up losing your service, putting your office at a standstill. Data breaches are costly for any organization, and it’s doubly frustrating when your data has been breached by a trusted cloud-vendor. Because cloud companies host so much sensitive data from a variety of clients, hackers know that breaching their systems can mean a jackpot of data to steal. Going to the cloud resulted, around 78 per cent of Indian organisations surveyed were hit by ransomware in 2021 and some of the entities paid over Rs 76 crore as ransom to get their data back, as per the report of Sophos.

Moving fully to the cloud is definitely not a great idea, it is just like keeping all eggs in one basket. It is the most expansive and risky proposition but none of the cloud companies are telling about the hidden fact. Enterprises are arguably dealing with more data today than .