Recent Posts by Greg Jensen

Organizations are thinking differently about the cloud. In fact, nearly half of respondents from the Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 expect to store the majority of their data in the public cloud by 2020. The trouble is, that organizations must also start to think differently about IT security. Companies are being inundated with alerts and the sheer number of cloud applications being deployed within organizations has left many teams struggling to keep pace with...

It is the age-old adage that you are only as strong as your weakest link, and this has never been more true.  We see it in the movies when the intelligence agent approaches the well funded bad guy’s fortress with hundreds of millions in security, infrastructure, weaponry to protect their interests and what ultimately fails them?  That silly underground access panel with a 4 digit passcode requirement.  This is our reality in today’s consumer, business and government...

One year ago, we hosted one of our most successful events in the “Big Apple” and Oracle and KPMG are back in New York again to host our annual Oracle Cloud Security Day on May 7th. Registration is live now, and seating is limited!  According to the recent Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019, organizations are placing a tremendous amount of business-critical data in the public cloud than ever before. In fact, 7 out of 10 cite that they are placing more sensitive data in...

Have you registered yet for the Oracle Cloud Security Day near you? Now is your time! We have seen tremendous strides organizations are making in their plans to adopt new cloud services, while at the same time…we have also seen the increasing challenges.   This year’s Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 highlights this clearly with 7 out of 10 organizations placing more business-critical information in the cloud than the year prior.  While at the same time, we also see...

We have all heard the rumors about trusted technology vendors who were compromised by nation states through supply chain compromises (SCM), but this is an age-old issue.  Hundreds of years ago, kingdoms were born out of the dirt, and came into power by consolidating their armies and resources behind mighty fortresses.  Even in the times of King Arthur, castles sometimes fell by the sword, sometimes by mythical dragons and sometimes because of food supplies. The untold story...

It’s that familiar IT analogy that “Elvis has left the building” in the context of, your enterprise data has left your data center, and is now in the cloud. It’s more true than ever before. What we are seeing instead is the rush to cloud, without all the pieces in place, is leading to heartbreaking results when increased risk is transferred into the cloud and amplified. This week marks the kick-off of Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience Conference (MBX). This includes...

It’s never been easier than now, to stand up new business-critical services in the cloud.  To the credit of cloud providers around the globe, they have all responded to the demands of the LoB (Line of Business) to enable a more seamless acquisition and onboarding experience for these new services.  In fact, 2019 marks the year where we saw a tipping point of use where 7 out of 10 businesses are placing more business-critical data in the cloud than in 2018.  So, things are...

As many of us grew up, our parents told us, being proactive will save you time. If you were in Boy Scouts, you lived each day to “be prepared”.  However, in more recent years, some great examples I tend to cite again and again as I talk about organizational risk and security.  Sitting from his chair in the Cal Fire offices, while being filmed for a Netflix docuseries on the California wildfires, Ken Pimlott, retired Director at CAL FIRE, said “Everyone focuses on the response...

For the second straight year, Oracle and KPMG have partnered to bring you the insights into what 450 global organizations are experiencing as they lift and shift their workloads to the cloud.  Some are experiencing tremendous successes with effective planning, while some are realizing the difficulties because of mis-understanding cloud security principals. Today’s press release for the Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 highlights this and more. It starts with shared...