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The proliferation of cloud applications and a mobile workforce has opened up new security risks to organizations. Data breaches, account takeovers and the use of unauthorized cloud services present challenges to IT teams. Robust cloud security solutions can help ensure that only IT-approved apps are used by users and that the principle of least privilege is followed.

In addition, cloud security solutions can provide visibility into cloud environments and support compliance monitoring of configurations or workloads deployed in the cloud. In many cases, these tools will perform automated scanning or penetration testing to ensure that cloud environments are free from vulnerabilities or weaknesses that attackers could exploit.

Whether you use public, private or hybrid infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) or platform as a service (PaaS), cloud security measures can improve your protection in three major areas:

Data Security: Encryption of data at rest or during transit safeguards it from interception and tampering. Robust encryption protocols also protect against unauthorized access to sensitive information stored in unstructured formats, such as logs, source code or backups.

Accessibility: The ability to quickly recover from outages or breaches is a critical component of cloud security. These measures can include redundancy, failover mechanisms and disaster recovery processes that can be tested regularly to ensure they work properly.

Regulatory compliance: In many cases, companies must comply with regulations and standards when they transfer data to the cloud. These include privacy or data protection laws, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations, and more.