You see an object that floats in the sky and is seen in many different shapes and sizes, while it also produces rain and thunder. Well we are not talking about those types of clouds, the clouds we all learnt about in our primary classes during the science period, we are talking about the virtual clouds that are in the field of software. They are used to store huge amounts of data. By now we all know that wherever there is data there is need for security, hence we need to protect our cloud, i.e nothing but cloud security.
Now what is cloud security,
Cloud security is a specific branch that is dedicated to specially protect and secure cloud computing systems. This includes keeping data private and safe across online-based infrastructure, applications, and platforms. This encompasses public, private, and hybrid clouds, as well as the various services and resources offered by cloud service providers (CSPs) such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Cloud security is a specific branch that is dedicated to specially protect and secure cloud computing systems. This includes keeping data private and safe across online-based infrastructure, applications, and platforms. This encompasses public, private, and hybrid clouds, as well as the various services and resources offered by cloud service providers (CSPs) such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
KEY COMPONENTS OF CLOUD SECURITY
- Data Protection: It involves the technical end for threat prevention. Tools and technologies allow providers and clients to insert barriers between the access and visibility of sensitive data.
- Identity and Access Management (IAM): Assigning or granting selective permissions to users using additional layers of authentication to improve security for the data.
- Network Security: As this whole cloud depends on the network, it is important to protect the network directly or indirectly connected with the cloud computing systems.
- Compliance and Governance: Making sure that the devices are working in a way they follow all the rules and regulations. Implementing policies and controls to manage and monitor cloud resources effectively.
- Incident Responses and Logging: Maintaining logs in the computer and implementing incident response plans to cloud environments to detect, to respond and recover from security incidents promptly.
- Security automation: Using automations security tools for continuous security monitoring, threat detection, and response, enabling rapid and scalable incident response capabilities.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOUD SECURITY
- Data protection and Privacy
- Risk Mitigation
- Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
- Business continuity and Resilience
- Customer Trust and Reputation
CONCLUSION
In a rapidly growing world the need and usage of the internet has increased exponentially due to which, the storage of data has also followed simultaneously, thus we need to ensure the hazards that happen in day-to-day life are reduced. In order to achieve this we need to provide security to every single device let it be from a small car key to even the cloud. This is why protecting cloud computing is necessary because only storing data is not enough. We need to make sure they are handled or given access to the right people.
