3 Ideas to Keep In Mind Regarding Cloud Security

You won’t get far on our website without finding an article or two talking a big game about the cloud and what it can do for your business. One thing is for certain: you can’t underestimate the value of securing your cloud solutions. It doesn’t matter what you use it for; cloud security is an integral part of ensuring your operations continue unimpeded and uninterrupted.

Of course, so much of cloud security starts and ends with the provider, so you’ll want to start there.

Determining How Your Provider Secures Your Cloud

Most of the decisions about how to secure your cloud aren’t necessarily in your control; they’re made by the cloud provider, who you pass this responsibility on to. The key thing to remember about the cloud is that it’s just a mechanism for accessing your business’ data, and that data is hosted on your provider’s infrastructure.

If your cloud provider is reliable and trustworthy, they will have multiple failsafes in place to guarantee your data is as secure as possible. For example, they might have access controls, encryption, data redundancy processes, and cloud monitoring to ensure your data is safe and sound. Your cloud provider should consider the security of their own infrastructure—and yours, by proxy—to be a top priority, so you can expect that a provider worth their salt will protect your technology.

Making Your Data As Accessible as Possible

Once you’ve figured out security with your provider, you’ll then have to discuss accessibility. One of the biggest benefits of the cloud is data accessibility, and if you can’t access your data, then what’s the point of hosting it in the cloud? Your provider should be able to promise your business a certain level of uptime—time that your systems should be available. Ideally, your provider can boast numbers as high as 99.99% and have contingencies in place to ensure these high numbers.

Cloud Security Issues Emerge from Your Side of the Deal

While the provider might manage the security of your cloud systems, most of the problems you’ll encounter come from your side of the arrangement. Here are some of the ways your business might accidentally contribute to the cloud security problem:

• Cloud resources being accessed by unsecured devices.
• Cloud resources being accessible with insecure passwords.
• Files being shared inappropriately or with people who shouldn’t access them
• Your users storing data on unapproved services or platforms, and the associated data sprawl.
• Users accidentally deleting important data.

As you can see, there’s no shortage of ways your business could goof up the security of your cloud platform. This is why you need to take action to train your team and ensure they know best practices as they pertain to your cloud systems.

If you’re worried about cloud security, Direct Technology Group can help you make the best decisions possible. Learn more by calling us at (954) 739-4700 today.