With 43% of breaches involving web applications and misconfigured clouds increasing breach costs to $4.41M, cloud security is business-critical. This guide outlines 10 evaluation criteria including advanced threat prevention, borderless multi-cloud protection, granular inspection, automation, integration, visibility, secure remote access, context-aware management, vendor credibility, and total cost of ownership. It emphasizes shared responsibility and the need for multilayered protection across North-South and East-West traffic. The objective is unified, scalable cloud network security that prevents threats before compromise occurs.

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