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Cloud Security is a broad term that refers to the various types of security controls organizations implement to protect data in the cloud. The controls can include encryption, malware protection, data loss prevention, and more.

Encryption is one of the most powerful security tools in use, scrambling data so it’s unreadable to hackers who don’t have the key. It can also be used to prevent unauthorized access by blocking a device that attempts to access a user’s cloud-stored data.

Malicious insiders can also pose a serious threat to cloud services. Current or former employees or contractors with legitimate access to an organization’s data, systems or network can maliciously misuse their credentials and gain access to critical information.

Attackers employ a variety of tactics, including social engineering, account takeover, lateral movement and detection evasion, to steal, exfiltrate and transfer sensitive data to other systems in their control. This can result in a data breach or other negative impact.

Frequently, these attacks are directed against multiple cloud environments (public and private), on-premises data centers and other computing infrastructure. This creates visibility and control gaps that expose organizations to security risk from misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, data leaks, excessive privileged access and compliance issues.

API Security

Several cloud applications integrate and interface with other cloud services, databases and applications via application programming interfaces (APIs). This can expose sensitive data to a wide range of threats, including attackers who have access to those APIs.

Integritysecurity

Data integrity security focuses on the protection of data from corruption, theft or improper modifications. This requires ensuring that cloud services are able to detect and correct errors or data corruption.