We think our customers data and business information is safe if we store everything in the cloud. This is true to some extent and this kind of shift has also made businesses from small to big save a lot of money by reducing their IT expenses, access scalable tools, and reduction of on-site load of their IT infrastructure. According to CSA (Cloud Security Alliance), nearly 70% of the businesses across the globe now operate in the cloud.
With benefits like great flexibility, automatic software updates, etc. the number 70%, isn’t that big. However, even cloud has its own downsides for storing apps that have loads and loads of data. That is the main reason the remaining 30% business owners are still in dilemma whether to go to the cloud or not as they can not make a move without stringent security practices in place.
Today, we will discuss the top 5 of security tips for cloud-based applications you should be aware of.
1. Develop a Threat Model
Develop a threat model for every cloud app that you are taking into consideration for cloud deployment. Find out the potential threats, both in terms of technical and business issues, no matter whether these threats can be exploited or not. Interpret those usage situations where such attacks may take place and the causes that might affect such outcome.
2. Prepare for Shared Threats
Pick the standard of risk tolerance your company is fine with when utilizing services that depend upon a multi-tenancy strategy. This should depend upon your understanding of the multi-tenancy strategy and the related shared technology threats. Frankly, be prepared that your firm may be open to risk if one of the other clients of the cloud-based service is compromised.
3. Use Robust Authentication Tools
Secure all your business details and your customers’ information against credential hijacks from external hackers through strong authentication tools. As per the news of The Hack Post , hackers regular attack well-known personalities as well as known brands. Take some extra measures like two-factor authentication and OTPs (One-time password). These can act as an added layer of security when users try to connect from a variety of devices through public WiFi and hotspots.
4. Activate DDOS Security
Ensure that you are protected agains situations of multiple compromised systems. Therefore, ensure that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection is activated. Have a reliable, strong cloud-based model to DDoS monitoring and detection in order to diminish such attacks.
5. Utilize Incident Response Procedures
Find out what could be the incident response procedures for your business and the cloud provider and deploy them immediately. Such procedures should be made by your cloud service provider. Wondering what it could do? Well, having such procedures in place will outline the shared duties between the client and the cloud service provider and, hence, will make sure such incidents are taken care of and solved in a timely manner.
Conclusion
When it comes to the cloud security, one solution doesn’t work. You should implement as much as you can since technology depends on the human factor to make it work, but at the same time it can also be compromised by humans.