4 Cloud Security Tips
Cloud Security is immeasurably important in today’s virtual dependability. The Cloud gives your business flexibility, efficient collaboration, improved productivity, agility, and better disaster recovery. However, as technology increases, so do the cybersecurity risks. Making sure your cloud assets are protected can help you prevent against data breaches and other cyber attacks.
Our private cloud solutions provide you with solutions that are easy to scale and provide much-needed security. Keep your data (and employees) accessible from anywhere with an easy and affordable Cloud Solution installation, and keep them protected with these four Cloud Security steps.
While Cloud Providers give businesses cost efficient ways to store their data, they don’t protect said data. Whether you use private, public, or a hybrid Cloud, you’ll need a strategy to ensure your business’s security. A Cloud security strategy should be layered with network protection, access control, security management, and employee training.
Cloud Security Tips
1. Network Protection
Firewalls act as intrusion detection and warning systems. They prevent unauthorized cloud access by inspecting all incoming and outgoing packets and blocking packets that do not meet the specified criteria. Even if an intruder were to gain access, having your data encrypted prevents non-verified users from being able to decrypt it. Leaked or stolen encrypted data is useless to malicious actors.
2. Access Control
Two-factor authentication is a good first step to handling access control. However, if someone leaves their account unoccupied or logs in on an unsecure terminal, 2FA won’t be enough to protect your data. Ensuring each user only have access to the data they need to perform their duties is essential. Specify what data each user is allowed to access depending on their role, this way you can better audit each employee’s actions within the system.
3. Security Management
System Administrators should have complete control and visibility of all activity in the Cloud. They should be able to see a virtual paper trail for each user regarding what they did and when within the system. This ability makes it possible to watch for suspicious activity, unauthorized users, and reverse mistakes. The earlier an attack is detected, the easier it is to respond.
4. Employee Training
It’s extremely important that each employee understands the cybersecurity risks that are at stake when using a Cloud Service. Each user needs to take responsibility for their account in order to protect the company’s data. Train your employees on the best practices for virtual security, such as keeping software and hardware up to date, avoiding suspicious emails, keeping passwords safe, and avoid giving apps permissions they don’t need.
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