Cybersecurity Glossary
Cloud Security
Securing the part of the cloud that is your responsibility rather than the provider's.
What Cloud Security means
Cloud providers secure the infrastructure; you remain responsible for identity, access, configuration and data. Most cloud incidents are not provider failures. They are misconfigured storage, over privileged accounts and missing multi factor authentication on administrative access.
Why Cloud Security matters for small businesses and nonprofits
Moving to the cloud changes the shape of the risk rather than removing it. The controls that matter shift from firewalls and servers towards identity, configuration and logging.
What to do about Cloud Security
- Confirm which side of the shared responsibility line each control sits on
- Enforce multi factor authentication on every administrative cloud account
- Review public sharing settings on storage regularly
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