Without adequate security professionals, businesses find it difficult to identify attack surfaces, detect ransomware, mitigate financial fraud and comply with regulations, says Kyle Pillay, security as a service centre manager at Datacentrix.

One of the most significant blind spots in public cloud environments is the lack of awareness around the shared responsibility model, says Kyle Pillay, security as a service centre manager at Datacentrix.

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