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Cloud Security protects the sensitive and confidential data we entrust to the cloud, from priceless home videos to sensitive remote work files. It’s a critical piece of any IT strategy because cloud adoption continues to accelerate. But as the IT environment becomes more complex, the risks increase. From cloud-native applications with ephemeral assets like serverless functions and containers to the lack of clear boundaries, the security challenge is greater than ever.

While cloud service providers (CSPs) provide a robust set of standard cybersecurity tools, the fact is that it is up to each customer’s internal information technology team to manage the overall security posture of their organizational data in the cloud. It’s essential to have a comprehensive approach that accounts for ownership and accountability of cloud security threats, gaps in protection/compliance and controls needed to mature the organization’s security posture.

Achieve visibility and control of your cloud environment by deploying business-critical resources and apps in logically isolated sections of the provider’s cloud network, such as Virtual Private Clouds (AWS and Google) or vNETs (Azure). Implement strong, granular security policies at subnet gateways to micro-segment workloads from each other. Ensure data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

Use continuous monitoring of your cloud infrastructure to identify and resolve vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and suspicious activity. Integrate and centralize security and user activity data from your CSPs with data from in-house and vendor solutions so that you have a holistic picture of your entire cloud environment.