Using the cloud as an IT platform in the form of a pure cloud or hybrid IT infrastructure offers numerous advantages. In addition to the increase in IT agility and the change from capex to opex, the use of highly integrated cloud-native security products enables improved cyber security. Furthermore, a modernisation of collaboration in the sense of "Modern Work" can be implemented more efficiently. Last but not least, a well-planned (hybrid) cloud IT infrastructure enables a more cost-effective and automatable disaster recovery. All these factors help companies to gain a real competitive advantage with the help of a modern IT set-up. 

However, the "secure" path to this modern (hybrid) cloud world is sometimes quite complex. This complexity tempts companies to take shortc ...