The Defender’s Paradox: Cloud Security in 2025 & Beyond

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In cloud security, attackers only need to be right once—defenders must be right every time.

In this TechDaily.ai deep dive, we confront that reality head-on. The 2025 cloud landscape is dynamic, complex, and riddled with hidden vulnerabilities—from neglected assets to identity explosions and AI attack surfaces. We break down the Defender’s Paradox and what it means for modern security teams operating across multi-cloud, AI-driven, identity-first infrastructures.

This episode explores:

• The Defender’s Paradox and why attackers have the advantage
• Key cloud security trends shaping 2025–2029
• How 32% of neglected assets have 115+ vulnerabilities each
• AI in the cloud: innovation vs. insecure adoption
• Identity as the new perimeter—and why machine identities outnumber humans 50:1
• Real-world IAM misconfigurations attackers exploit
• Post-quantum cryptography: why you must start preparing now
• The rise of Single Sign-Off (SSO-off) and phishing-resistant MFA
• Zero Trust in practice: what’s working, what’s still theory
• Critical steps to secure your cloud workloads, data, and identities

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