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Cloud Security enables organizations to harness the full potential of cloud computing with confidence and resilience. Strong cloud security practices protect sensitive information, ensure compliance with regulatory standards and mitigate cyber risks. Data breaches, account hijacking, insecure APIs and denial-of-service attacks are some of the most common threats to cloud environments.

Achieving strong cloud security requires a multi-layered approach. At the infrastructure level, providers secure physical data centers with hardened hardware and firewalls, and update their core platforms on a continuous basis. IT teams must secure data, applications and configurations inside their cloud environments by segmenting workloads, enabling network security groups, applying policy controls and encrypting data in transit and storage.

Identifying the right people to access cloud resources is key to protecting them from unauthorized access and malicious activity. Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions support strong authentication and role-based access control to reduce risk. Encryption keeps sensitive data safe by converting it into a secret code that is useless to attackers. Tools like zero trust, which verify each connection before allowing it to pass through, can help reduce the impact of a breach by preventing lateral movement from one part of an environment to another.

Well-funded threat actors target cloud environments to steal data, take control of accounts and servers, and disrupt business operations. IT teams need visibility into their environments to detect nefarious activities and quickly respond to incidents. Dedicated monitoring and assessment solutions reduce blind spots by detecting vulnerabilities, such as exposed storage buckets or overly permissive access settings, and applying patches in near real time.