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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

Cloud migration, obviously, is here to stay. But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing.

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Cloud Migration Guide Introduction

Spinone

There are certainly challenges with migrating between public clouds as many organizations may suffer from certain “vendor lock in” that takes place when services and virtual resources exist in one public cloud provider vs. another. There are firewall based CASBs as well as API based CASBs.

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Q&A: The lesser role VPNs now play for enterprises, SMBs — in a post-pandemic world

The Last Watchdog

Most business applications, especially Microsoft Exchange were on-premise deployments that required a company either opening up access to the whole internet or requiring a VPN connection to the company’s perimeter firewall or dedicated VPN concentrator. LW: What about SMBs; how does a traditional VPN service fit as cloud migration deepens?

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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure

The Last Watchdog

I recently had the chance to sit down with Kevin Simzer, chief operating officer of Trend Micro, to discuss two of them: Cloud Workload Protection Platform ( CWPP ) and Cloud Security Posture Management ( CSPM.) Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks. Protecting workloads.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Apply the following strategies to mitigate DDoS attacks: Select a good cloud-based hosting: Choose a provider with large bandwidth and content delivery networks (CDN). Hide the origin web server’s IP and restrict access with a firewall. Skills gap relates to a scarcity of competent individuals with knowledge in cloud migration.

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Thales and Palo Alto Networks collaborate to offer mid-markets the enterprise protection

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A zero-trust framework is vital to any cloud migration path. A key component of secure cloud transformation is the ability of organizations to implement secure and adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and access management across their entire IT environment, as they migrate services and workloads to the cloud.

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RSAC insights: Security platforms arise to help companies discover, assess and mitigate cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

What’s more, the rapid rise of a remote workforce, in the wake of Covid 19, has only served to accelerate cloud migration, as well as scale up the attendant network exposures. And the usual collection of security tools – firewall, endpoint detection, intrusion detection, SIEM, etc. See, assess, mitigate.