As we approach the middle of 2023, we thought it an appropriate time to reflect on the cloud security risks and threats that we have seen so far this year, as observed by the Orca Cloud Security Platform that continuously scans billions of cloud assets on major cloud service provider platforms. After careful analysis of aggregated scan results from January-May this year, the Orca Research Pod has identified the top five most common, yet severe, cloud security risks that are ubiquitous in many cloud environments.

Helia (formerly Genworth),  one of Australia’s leading Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) providers for the residential market, has been recognised for its innovation in using the Appian Platform across multiple departments to automate processes and transform operations into an interconnected workplace. Using Appian, Helia automated its claims management workflows and reduced the processing time from two days to less than 10 minutes, dramatically improving their lender customer experience.