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Cloud computing involves delivering computing services—such as storage, processing, and networking—over the internet using remote data centers. This model enables organizations to scale resources dynamically without owning physical infrastructure. In security terms, the cloud environment is defined by multi-tenant infrastructure where multiple customers share hardware and software resources managed by a cloud provider.
Key security concerns include controlling access through strong identity and access management (IAM), protecting data with encryption both at rest and in transit, and managing vulnerabilities in shared infrastructure components. The cloud’s shared responsibility model requires customers to secure their applications and data while providers secure the underlying platform. Misconfigurations, weak access controls, and insufficient monitoring can expose cloud assets to unauthorized access or data leakage, making precise configuration and continuous security assessment essential.
This new role safeguarding cloud deployments requires an exceedingly rare set of technical and soft skills.
The new privileged access management and secrets management capabilities tackles access issues and secret sprawl across the cloud environment.
The company aims to empower enterprises to securely manage their endpoints and remediate vulnerabilities from the cloud, enabling a work-from-anywhere environment with confidence.
Vulcan Connector for Wiz enables mutual customers to reduce cloud risk at scale.
Microsoft quickly issued patches for the two security issues, which could allow unauthorized access to cloud sessions.
It's time to include messaging tool security in your cloud security program. Good first steps include tightening filter parameters on Slack and Teams.