It didn’t take long for the concept of cloud computing to take off and become widespread across all industries. And while there are great advantages to adopting cloud-based solutions, there are many cyber criminals taking advantage of any possible weakness, which is why cloud security has taken center stage for most IT departments.
Increasingly, it’s more than just the IT professionals who have to step up and take accountability for cloud security, because data breaches are too much of a risk not to involve every department.
Continuing Education
While cyber criminals are increasingly innovative and will break their way through the tiniest of weak spots, they get a lot of help from people on the inside who accidentally leave a door open.
Employees who aren’t trained about cyber threats can’t be blamed for the errors they make that lead to a cyber attack. Proper security awareness training needs to be an ongoing effort because threats evolve quickly. Employees need to know what to look for and the latest threats lurking today.
Monitoring
Your company could be a target hundreds of times a day, which is why you have to take your cloud security strategy a step further than just educating your employees. You must also have a monitoring system in place that watches everything going on within your system.
Data needs to be encrypted, especially as it’s moving on the cloud. By continuously monitoring your network, you’re going to see potential threats, giving you the visibility you need to stop it before it becomes dangerous. The faster you see it, the less a chance it has of putting your data and systems at risk.
Test Your Security
Just because you’re using a cloud provider to store your information doesn’t mean the provider is suddenly fully responsible for its safety. Running tests to ensure you’re meeting all internal compliance standards can help you spot areas where you need to improve while giving you the assurance you need to take on daily tasks with confidence. Some organizations will run mock phishing attacks regularly to test their cloud security. These can be done internally and externally.
At Enterprise Visions, we assist organizations with their future in the cloud, and we put a focus on ensuring our clients are safe. Is your data at risk? Is your network running efficiently? Is workflow seeing too many roadblocks? We can assist you with all of these areas as a trusted agent of many cloud-based services. Contact us today and let’s discuss your unique needs and how we can deliver for you.