This press release provides key strategies for securing your data in the cloud, addressing common vulnerabilities and outlining best practices for protecting your valuable digital assets.
Feeling exposed in the cloud? A guide to securing your dataThat feeling when your stomach drops. You get the alert that your cloud account was hacked and data was stolen – all your company's files and customer information are now in cyber criminals' hands. You break out in a cold sweat, thinking about what comes next. Angry customers are demanding answers – costly legal and regulatory problems. Your reputation is taking a significant hit.
Situations like this occur daily as businesses migrate data into the cloud. The promises of lower costs, more effortless scalability and greater efficiency lured you in. But serious questions still linger about cloud security. Sure, your provider touts state-of-the-art cyber defences on their infrastructure. But at the end of the day, you must take responsibility for securing access to your data. This press release will equip you with key strategies for locking down your cloud from intruders, monitoring for risks and keeping data protected. Think of it as as your security game plan to defend your most valuable digital assets.First, what exactly makes data vulnerable in the cloud? Understanding the risks is critical for knowing what to protect against and informing yourUnfortunately, breaches happen even in the cloud. And they can have devastating consequences, like financial and reputational damage, lawsuits and regulatory penalties. Look no further than recent high-profile breaches of companies like Dropbox and Canva. You need locks on the doors, or it’s only a matter of time...How secure are the keys to the castle (so to speak)? Weak access controls, compromised credentials and misconfigurations routinely lead to unauthorised access to sensitive cloud data. Like forgetting to lock the doors, it creates openings for attackers.What if the storage building burns down and you have no other copies of the data? It could be lost foreve
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