Peter Tucker,
VP Cloud Professional Services

May 16, 2020

How Safe is Your Data in the Cloud?

Cloud computing continues to disrupt our traditional ways of doing business and its impact on our lives isn’t slowing down. From the IT manager in an enterprise data center to their teenager who’s sharing photos on Snapchat, the cloud is something we can’t without. Small start-ups and large enterprises can rent compute, network and storage resources without having to buy and manage infrastructure themselves. More and more, companies are realizing the economic benefits of moving away from on-premises data centers to a distributed cloud-based architecture. But when it comes to data security in the cloud, the answers are less obvious.

With the flexibility and scale that the cloud brings, organizations are growing and innovating faster than ever. And with that comes the risk of security breaches that can compromise sensitive and confidential information, potentially devastating a company’s business and reputation.

Many of the enterprises that I’ve worked with are understandably concerned that cloud computing is inherently less secure than traditional on-premises solutions. Their worry stems from the fact that data accessed and stored in cloud infrastructure is not owned or controlled by their company. Protecting their IP and data is paramount and is crucial to maintaining their ongoing business’ operations, compliance, and productivity.

Companies that are embracing multi-cloud architectures are realizing that cloud data security is in fact a shared responsibility between them and the cloud security provider. Businesses play an active and important role in ensuring that their cloud environment is safe and secure. No longer an afterthought, companies are proactively bringing their own security policies and controls in strategy and planning discussions to complement the security of their cloud service provider. Specifically, their security areas of focus are identity management, data protection, network security, data encryption, application security and threat management.

At CloudPro™ we advise our customers of best practices and methodologies to implement to protect their data, privacy and to mitigate potential risks. We guide our clients and help them determine the security requirements, risk tolerance as well as the appropriate level of security for their hybrid-cloud goals. Implementing the right security processes, best practices and tools is critical for protecting your data across the extended enterprise and cloud ecosystem.

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Vulnerability Assessment FAQ

  • Because you may be an easy target for a hacker.
  • To ensure your data and network is protected.
  • To ensure any customer data you store is protected.
  • To avoid major potential financial losses.

If your organization’s IT infrastructure uses any type of access system, either to an internal or external network, and if you manage data that should be protected and kept confidential, then it is always advisable to regularly conduct a security Assessment. Any infrastructure connected to the Internet, including internal networks, software applications, laptop/desktop computers and servers, is vulnerable to cyberattacks and can be a target for cybercriminals.

Benefits of performing a vulnerability assessment include:

  • Discovery of security vulnerabilities in your systems.
  • Knowledge on the way those vulnerabilities can be exploited.
  • Information on the risks of specific vulnerabilities.
  • Recommended remediation for detected vulnerabilities.
  • Increased protection of your organizations network and web applications.
  • Higher security standards when accessing your company’s resources.
  • Protection of your confidential, proprietary and sensitive information.
  • Prevent unauthorized access and improper use of your data.

Our report provides classification, severity, evidence and potential remediation for each vulnerability. Our vulnerability assessment report filters out false positive vulnerabilities to minimize your remediation effort. Customized reports also can be generated.

  • Reveal your web application security vulnerabilities before attackers find them.
  • Increase the security level of your web application.
  • Recieve help addressing vulnerabilities.

While every business need is different, performing web application vulnerability assessments at least once per quarter is a best practice. However, vulnerability assessments may be required more frequently to adhere to compliance regulations, as well as when major changes in the web application’s code occur.

Our report provides classification, severity, evidence and potential remediation for each vulnerability. Our vulnerability assessment report filters out false positives vulnerabilities to minimise your remediation effort. Customized reports also can be generated.

  • Analyze current level of security and rank vulnerabilities by threat level and remediation actions required.
  • Determine a quantifiable threat or risk for each vulnerability that exists on your network.
  • Identify vulnerabilities before a breach occurs to stay one step ahead of attackers.
  • Mitigate the risk that creates the vulnerabilities.
  • Improve security through ongoing testing and discovery.
  • Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could lead to future compromise of IT infrastructure.

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