In a private cloud environment, you are 100% responsible for all of your data, and you need to have the tools and practices in place to keep it secure. In the public cloud, virtually all providers offer deep levels of security, but you still need to put strict security policies in place and enforce them. Either way, building a secure cloud infrastructure is a necessary piece of business for almost every organization. Here’s a brief guide to the best ways to accomplish this in 2022.
Your data is precious, and any data loss can be painful. Daily headlines about ransomware, breaches, and other cyberattacks make data security more crucial than ever. But the odds are against you, with one report finding that ransomware attacks increased by 13% in 2021—more than the last five years combined. Businesses suffered 50% more cyberattacks per week over the same period. But here’s the real problem. no matter what prevention measures you put in place, a data breach may always be on the horizon. Over 90% of organizations had a security incident linked to a third-party partner last year. But the cause of the breach doesn’t matter.
Cloud edge computing, now more commonly known as edge computing, is an IT architecture in which client data is processed as close to the source as possible. This often involves moving machine learning tools from cloud data centers to embedded systems on devices in the field, at the periphery of the network—the edge.
According to one report, cyber attackers spend an average of 11 days snooping around after breaching a network before they are detected. That discovery often only comes to light because the hackers have deployed ransomware. And cybercriminals are always hunting for new ways to sneak onto your network, compromise your resources, and steal or ransom your precious data. In these cases, what you don’t know really can hurt you, as Quest’s CEO wrote about in this post about monitoring and alerting. But plenty of other IT-related issues make a case for monitoring and alerting.
If your organization does business with the Pentagon, you probably know that Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is an absolute requirement. If your organization does not, you should still take heed. Whatever industry you operate in, know that Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), a cloud-based, multi-level security model, can help you fulfill CMMC requirements—and Cloud Zero Trust is available as a service.
Ask any IT manager about their greatest challenges, and patching will undoubtedly earn a spot at the top of the list. Keeping up with the constant need for new patches is difficult – which is why many companies end up falling behind.
