Post pandemic, most businesses utilize public cloud services by providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft for storing tons of sensitive data. Due to this scenario, most of us have moved to a remote working model, therefore drifting us away from legacy infrastructures.
When employees work remotely and use a mix of personal and business devices, the “attack window” of a company gets even wider, giving hackers even more opportunities. In 2021, cyberattacks and breaches on Cloud-based operating systems have increased. This creates a need to embrace higher levels of security for Cloud infrastructure.
Take a look at how you can integrate cloud security for your business:
1) Use multi-factor authentication
A multi-factor authentication solution fits another layer of cloud security for your business by asking users to prove they are who they say they are. In addition, it gives IT security teams broad visibility into the organization’s network and applications. Boosting your employees to sign in with one or more additional authentication tools on top of their username/password is a simple and efficient way to provide an extra layer of protection.
2) Encrypt Your Data
Encryption of sensitive data is crucial as you put both your organization and customers at risk by failing to do so. Usually, cloud providers make sure that data is encrypted and that data can be decrypted adequately once it’s taken from the cloud. Additionally, IT teams should have the encryption and decryption keys in a secure location
3) Control User Access
Your employees won’t need access to all applications, resources, or critical information of your organization. However, setting proper authorization levels guarantees that each employee can only have access to and work on the applications or resources necessary to do their job. Stolen user accounts are a major concern for organizations’ cloud security. However, this headache can be fixed if we limit what users can access.
4) Monitor User Network Activities
Monitoring real-time user network activities can benefit you by pointing out variations that diverge from standard usage patterns, e.g., log in from a previously unknown IP or devices. These anomalies could indicate a breach in your system, so getting them early on can stop hackers in their tracks and allow you to fix security issues before they cause chaos.
5) Educate Employees
As per a survey by Info Security magazine, human error accounts for 90% of data breaches, and it can be effortless to accidentally introduce malware into an organization’s network. Therefore, it is necessary to train employees on security policies and explain the rationale behind them. Of course, you don’t need to teach employees about every technical detail in security protocols, but they should know which risks can impact their jobs.
In general, cloud computing is a much more cost-effective option, and it’s more secure if you take the right precautions in your cloud security framework. Other than the precautions mentioned above, you can always implement small practices such as the only store what you need, use a secure connection & password, and timely backup your data.
