May 04 2021

Secure your cloud: Remove the human vulnerabilities

Category: Cloud computingDISC @ 10:01 pm

A strong case can be made that shoring up defenses requires “automating out” the weakest link – i.e., humans – from any cloud that companies are entrusting with their data. This applies to their internal, on-premise clouds as well as to the external cloud vendors that they choose to engage with.

In “automating out the weak link,” the ability of superusers or IT administrators – or of bad actors who have gained access to valid admin credentials – to manually interfere with sensitive data becomes non-existent, because human interaction is eliminated.

Trust no one

The zero-trust model, which has gained favor in recent years among many cloud vendors, serves as a starting point for making this happen.

The zero-trust security framework challenges the idea of trust in any form, whether that’s trust of networks, trust between host and applications, or even trust of super users or administrators. The best way to secure a network, according to the zero trust framework, is to assume absolutely no level of trust.

Zero Trust Security

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