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Category: Cloud Security

Secure your cloud environment with expert tools and best practices. Explore guides on NIST cloud architecture, PCI DSS in the cloud, encryption, access controls, and threat detection strategies.

  • 10 Tips For Keeping Private Information Secure On The Cloud

    10 Tips For Keeping Private Information Secure On The Cloud

    Cloud computing is the digital cloud storage of today and moving forward. Powerful, flexible and versatile, there is no world that cloud computing won’t be utterly ubiquitous within a few years. According to the research firm, Gartner, the public cloud services market will reach $186.4 billion this year, a 21% growth from 2017. Despite the massive jump, more growth is expected. By 2021 the same company projects the market to reach $302 billion by 2021.

    Cloud computing services offer so much upside with more untapped potential in store. Such growth comes with opportunities for bad actors as well. As the proliferation of cloud services continues, so too will the need for cloud computing security solutions.

    The same services that make the cloud an attractive option for business also make it equally attractive for hackers. Clouds are full of sensitive, valuable information and hackers are all too aware of that fact. Last year hackers made hay on a simple S3 bucket misconfiguration on Amazon Web Services — so many organizations were hacked the list is too long to put here.

    Since then Amazon has made a change to allow users to protect their data more easily but it remains as an example of how hackers will be continually probing the weaknesses of cloud web security. We at RSI security understand the importance of cloud security compliance and the ever changing cybersecurity landscape. That’s why we’d like to pass on 10 tips for how to improve your cloud security and to receive education awareness about the importance of cybersecurity awareness training.

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  • Is It Safe To Store Personal Data On The Cloud?

    Is It Safe To Store Personal Data On The Cloud?

    If you are considering migrating your personal data to the cloud, one of the foremost questions on your mind is probably “is the cloud safe?”. This question has been asked by countless organizations in an increasing variety of industries. The security of personal information has become a central concern for organizations of all sizes as they seek to maintain profitability or operational integrity in the face of attacks that are increasing in both number and sophistication.

    Migrating your personal information to the cloud is a decision that should be done with a firm understanding of the associated risks. Each organization must grapple with the advantages that cloud computing brings, as well as the risks to data security and integrity that it may hold. Gaining a better sense of both of these aspects of cloud computing is essential to making an informed decision about what to do with your personal information. Learn more in our related blog article, Your Third-Party Cyber Risk Assessment Checklist or consult RSI Security’s compliance advisory services.

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  • Five Cloud Security Concerns of 2019

    Five Cloud Security Concerns of 2019

    Cloud security concerns are headline topics heading into 2019 and beyond. That’s mostly because cloud computing and storage has grown exponentially in the past five years. It is no longer a debate of whether or not cloud computing is the future, but rather, how big and effective it will come become. In 2017, the cloud computing market was $153.5 billion. In 2018, it’s projected to be approximately $186.4 by Gartner Inc. That’s a 21% leap with SaaS, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure being the three largest providers of cloud services.

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  • Navigating PCI DSS and the Cloud

    Navigating PCI DSS and the Cloud

    Cloud computing is an important resource for organizations of any size and has seen increasing use in recent years for payment processing. Despite the prevalence of moving cyberinfrastructure to a cloud environment, many organizations fail to properly assess how if and how they will be able to maintain compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when their cardholder data environment (CDE) exists entirely in the cloud. Understanding how to maintain PCI DSS compliance when utilizing cloud services is essential for the numerous modern organizations that rely on the scale and convenience that cloud services provide.

    In this article, we’ll break down some important considerations for organizations that are looking to maintain pci compliance storing credit card data in the cloud. In order to provide some context, we’ll outline what is cloud computing, what some of the advantages of cloud computing are, and explore some of the challenges of meeting the requirements of pci dss regulations when your CDE has either partially or fully cloud-based services.

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  • NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

    NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

    The term Cloud Computing appears in Google search nearly 54 million times. But The Cloud remains to be this elusive entity to the general population. Those who fit into this category either see cloud-based computing as this near-magical technology that whisks your data into another dimension for you to summon at a moments notice at your beck and call (which sounds pretty wizard-like). For those who work with the technology daily and understand its capabilities, the technology is much more simplistic than others would make it seem, even though it does have some technical nuances.

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