| Multi-cloud inconsistencies |
Each cloud provider exposes logs, APIs, and telemetry differently. |
You cannot correlate behavior across environments effectively. |
| Shadow IT & unmanaged SaaS apps |
Teams adopt tools without routing them through security. |
Sensitive data leaves monitored environments without visibility. |
| Ephemeral workloads |
Containers, functions, and short-lived workloads appear and disappear quickly. |
Logs and resource states become incomplete or unavailable. |
| Identity sprawl |
Service accounts, tokens, and roles multiply and accumulate permissions over time. |
It becomes hard to track who has access to what. |
| Siloed monitoring tools |
Networks, cloud workloads, endpoints, and SaaS platforms are monitored separately. |
Security teams miss lateral movement and cross-domain attacks. |
| Configuration drift |
Frequent deployments cause unplanned changes in posture. |
You lose track of which configurations follow policy and which do not. |
| Limited east–west visibility |
Cloud-native traffic often bypasses traditional monitoring points. |
You miss interactions between workloads, containers, and microservices. |