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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. They cited lower risk, enhanced security, and cost savings as they go through migration.

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Defining Good: A Strategic Approach to API Risk Reduction

Security Boulevard

How do we gauge how risky it is and how do we ensure that future APIs are not putting the enterprise at risk? In recent years, as APIs proliferated the enterprise, their existence gave cause to some major security concerns. If we don’t know and are not in sync to what makes a good API, how can we trust what was built?

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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Attack surface management aims to automate the process of discovering, assessing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities and third-party, digital supply chain, and cloud risks. It addresses both internal and external (EASM) risks. CAASM (cyber asset ASM) and DRPS (digital risk protection) are also related terms and elements of ASM.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP): Best used for securing specific workloads and applications, with a particular focus on runtime safety and vulnerability management. Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance.

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What Is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Definition & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Blocking data access, limiting user privileges, or terminating suspicious processes are all examples of actions that can be taken to reinforce security standards and reduce the risk of data breaches or unauthorized disclosures. Detect Anomalous Activity DLP systems use AI and ML to quickly detect abnormal behavior.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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What Is Cloud Workload Protection? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

While cloud service providers (CSPs) offer their own native security, CWPP offers an additional layer of customized protection and management to fit the demands of workloads. It provides full cloud security management, reducing risks and protecting assets. Effective CWP techniques mitigate both external and internal risks.