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Why Cyber-Attacks on The Cloud Are Rising and How to

Prevent Them
Increase in implementation of cloud by government and private organizations to improve
efficiency and save costs made it the prime target for cyber-criminals. However, taking security
measures can enable smooth functioning of cloud and provide many benefits.

By Pratik Kirve, Team Lead - Content Writing, Allied Market Research

It will be strange to learn that an organization, whether it be private or government, is not operating on
the cloud in one way or the other in 2022. Why? Because, technological advancements and benefits in
terms of cost and efficiency led organizations to shift their resources, operations, storage, and majority
of functions on the cloud. Cloud implementation also saves a lot of space needed for physical servers.
However, privacy and security issues related to the cloud become a major concern as hackers and cyber
criminals eye for vulnerabilities and exploit them in every way possible. There are number of reasons that
lead to increase in cyber-attacks on the cloud. Let us have a look at them:

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