Signals from the Cloud Security Forecast 2026: Cloud Risk Is Scaling through Design, Not Disruption
2026-04-08T20:51:47Z•8a345d23395ff149d40330aaeb64dfc0cea1ab1eaf2259af1e7ceb3c7a666697
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What happened
Qualys blog roundup (Mar–Apr 2026) highlighting shifting cloud risk dynamics and operational responses. Key themes: cloud risk is becoming predictable and systemic (over-privileged identities, extended trust relationships, persistent exposure); organizations must move from reactive patch-and-respond to prevention and automated validation. Qualys promotes Risk Operations Centers (ROCs) and managed ROC (mROC) to scale risk teams, Gateway Service (QGS) to improve discovery and remediation efficiency, and Agent Val (agentic AI) to validate exploitability and close the remediation/validation gap. A
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