Evaluate Cloud Provider Security With Confidence

July 22, 2025

Cloud transformation is accelerating — but so are the risks.

As organizations scale across multicloud environments, security leaders face mounting challenges: limited visibility, fragmented governance and inconsistent evaluation of cloud service providers (CSPs). 

 

Optiv helps you cut through the complexity with a secure-by-design approach that aligns strategy, architecture and governance. 

 

Now, we’re bringing you exclusive access to a Gartner® report that outlines a smarter, risk-based approach to CSP evaluation.

 

Gartner®: How to Evaluate Cloud Provider Security With a Risk-Based Approach 

 

From our perspective, this study provides actionable insights for security and risk leaders to consider:

 

  • Prioritizing CSP assessments based on business impact and data sensitivity
  • Avoiding inefficient “one-size-fits-all” evaluation models
  • Leveraging third-party attestations and frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001 and CSA STAR
  • Applying the four-tier model from Gartner® to adjust assessment efforts appropriately

 

Download the report and discover how to evaluate CSPs with confidence.

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Gartner, How to Evaluate Cloud Provider Security With a Risk-Based Approach, Charlie Winckless, 3 February 2025