As cloud-enabled digital transformation continues to accelerate, there are a variety of security challenges. Cloud adoption will only accelerate as we move into 2021, with cloud services revenue climbing more than 19%. Organizations must assess what controls cloud services providers offer in order to understand the security risks and challenges. Security is only as strong as the layer below it, which is why it’s important to have trusted security technologies rooted in hardware for cloud. ‘Confidential computing’ is a rapidly emerging usage category that protects cloud data while in use in a Trusted Execution Environment.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/10/mitigate-security-risks-cloud-services-adoption/