Cloud Security for the New Normal
- Eric Swanstrom
- • August 6, 2020
Growth of Public Cloud & Cybersecurity Threats
Cybersecurity Challenges
The steady, ongoing move toward cloud-based applications and services combined with the sudden upheaval into an entirely remote workforce confronts organizations with changes and challenges not previously considered by traditional network design and security strategies. Some of these changes include:
- The WAN Edge has gained importance over the central data center, compelling IT leaders to work from the edge in, rather than from the core data center out.
- Security has also followed this trend, shifting from the data center to the WAN Edge and cloud resources.
- Integration between SD-WAN and Cloud Based Security has brought an integration of network, security, and ongoing management.
Optimized Solutions
Given these challenges, a platform-based solution is the best path toward threat mitigation. A platform built for cloud-based infrastructures provides quick response, management, and extendable tools to ensure that threats are quickly resolved. When evaluating a platform, look for systems that are automated, orchestrated, and extendable.
Automated
In order to handle the trifecta of challenges – cybersecurity attacks, dynamic public cloud environments, and limited resources – rely on an automated platform driven through direct cloud API’s to prevent exposure. Automation relieves the burden of manual monitoring by providing continuous risk assessments through direct connections into organizations’ cloud environments. The use of automation also allows for the routing of issues to their proper owners to help shorten time to remediation.
Orchestrated
Select a security orchestration platform that supports centralized management of deployment, control components, and service-oriented security systems. Through the composition of individual systems into a larger system, security management and needs can keep pace with the increase in deployment, management, and reconfiguration that takes place in application environments. In time, security orchestration will reduce the time, effort, and potential for errors in managing multiple infrastructure and application environments.
Extendable
Be sure that the service is accessible via API’s to allow for cross platform integrations. This improves security by providing direct access into your public cloud services, and it also allows for integration into other security tools used outside of your chosen platform.