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What are the best criteria to use to evaluate cloud service providers?
Many cloud providers are tight-lipped about internal security control details. Learn how to evaluate cloud security providers with certifications and third-party assessments.
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- How to build and maintain a multi-cloud security strategy
When using multiple cloud service providers, it's critical to consider your enterprise's cloud scope and the specifics of each cloud service to maintain security.
- Why CASB tools are crucial to your cloud security
CASB tools have gained traction as cloud security becomes more important. Among other features, a cloud security access broker helps companies pinpoint shadow IT.
- Complexity requires new cloud-based patch management strategies
Patch management for cloud creates new challenges than traditional in-house programs. Expert Dave Shackleford presents patch management best practices for providers and consumers alike.
Definitions
- cloud access security broker (CASB)
A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a software tool or service that sits between an organization's on-premises infrastructure and a cloud provider's infrastructure.
- software-defined perimeter (SDP)
Software-defined perimeter (SDP) is a security framework developed by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that controls access to resources based on identity.
- hypervisor security
Hypervisor security is the process of ensuring the hypervisor, the software that enables virtualization, is secure throughout its life cycle, including during development, implementation, provisioning, management and de-provisioning.
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Compliance and Governance
Learn how to maintain cloud computing compliance with government regulations and industry standards when moving IT operations and applications to a cloud environment. Also learn about cloud audit procedures, data governance for the cloud and other cloud computing management topics involving security.
Recent Definitions
- cloud access security broker (CASB)
A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a software tool or service that sits between an organization's on-premises infrastructure and a cloud provider's infrastructure.
- incident response
Incident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyberattack, also known as an IT incident, computer incident or security incident.
- cloud computing
Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Highlights
- What are the best criteria to use to evaluate cloud service providers?
- How to build and maintain a multi-cloud security strategy
- Research shows cloud security vulnerabilities grow
More Compliance and Governance Topics
- Cloud Compliance: Federal Regulations and Industry Regulations
- Cloud Computing Frameworks and Standards
- Cloud Computing Security Issues: Incident Response - Data Breach Prevention
- Cloud Computing SLAs and Legal Issues
- Evaluating Cloud Computing Providers
- PCI DSS Requirements for Cloud Computing
Virtualization
Virtualization is at the core of any cloud computing initiative, regardless of delivery model or deployment method. Service providers, or internal enterprise private cloud managers, use virtualization technology to realize efficiencies and flexibility offered by cloud computing. This section covers the risks and considerations around cloud computing virtualization security, including how to manage and ensure secure multitenancy of virtual machines on a single host, security risks and threats by Web-based hackers to the hypervisor, and how to handle data management and data governance.
Recent Definitions
- hypervisor security
Hypervisor security is the process of ensuring the hypervisor, the software that enables virtualization, is secure throughout its life cycle, including during development, implementation, provisioning, management and de-provisioning.
- virtual firewall
A virtual firewall is a firewall device or service that provides network traffic filtering and monitoring for virtual machines (VMs) in a virtualized environment.
- Cloudburst VM escape
Cloudburst VM (virtual machine) escape is an exploit method, credited to research firm Kostya Kortchinsky Immunity Inc., that takes advantage of IBM's Cloudburst cloud service provisioning software for cloud providers and a flaw in VMware Workstation to enable a guest-level virtual machine to attack its host.
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- VMs vs. containers: Which is better for security?
- What Microsoft's InPrivate Desktop feature could mean for enterprises
- How can a hypervisor deployment avoid security risks?
Operations
As your organization moves its infrastructure, applications and data into the cloud, security operations such as network security, vulnerability management, data protection and application security, as well as cloud-based security services, take on new importance. Learn how to handle cloud security management, including how to keep the integrity of your data and applications as they move to the cloud and how outsourced IT operations affect security operations.
Recent Definitions
- identity and access management (IAM)
Identity and access management (IAM) is a framework of business processes, policies and technologies that facilitates the management of electronic or digital identities.
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet.
- software-defined perimeter (SDP)
Software-defined perimeter (SDP) is a security framework developed by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that controls access to resources based on identity.
Highlights
- Why CASB tools are crucial to your cloud security
- Complexity requires new cloud-based patch management strategies
- How to conduct proper AWS vulnerability scanning in 3 steps
More Operations Topics
- Cloud Data Storage, Encryption and Data Protection Best Practices
- Cloud Network Security Trends and Tactics
- Cloud Patch Management and Cloud Configuration Management
- Cloud Provisioning and Cloud Identity Management Issues
- Cloud Security Services: Cloud-Based Vulnerability Scanning and Antivirus
- Legacy Application Modernization for the Cloud
Architecture
Before purchasing or building cloud systems and services, learn the cloud computing security considerations and challenges involved the various cloud computing architecture models and how to address the "security in the cloud" challenge successfully.
Recent Definitions
- cloud access security broker (CASB)
A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a software tool or service that sits between an organization's on-premises infrastructure and a cloud provider's infrastructure.
- cloud computing
Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
- software-defined perimeter (SDP)
Software-defined perimeter (SDP) is a security framework developed by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that controls access to resources based on identity.
Highlights
- How to build and maintain a multi-cloud security strategy
- Complexity requires new cloud-based patch management strategies
- Research shows cloud security vulnerabilities grow
More Architecture Topics
- Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Security
- Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) Security
- Cloud Computing Software as a Service (SaaS) Security
- Hybrid and Private Cloud Computing Security
- Public Cloud Computing Security