A sub-domain of cyber-security, cloud security implies security of cloud computing infrastructure, applications, and data by applications of technologies and policies designed for the same.
Cloud security is the method or set of actions taken to protect the data that is stored on cloud software from theft, hack, leakage and deletion. Some of the major risks in cloud security include data breaches, data loss, account hijacking and service traffic hijacking. When multiple computers bring traffic to a server making the server inaccessible is known as Distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). DDoS has now- a- days become a major threat to cloud security. There are several ways involved to provide cloud security. They are
Penetration Testing- It is a test done to analyze the security of the data by safely trying to hack the data.
Cloud Computing Success Demands the Right Cloud Connectivity
White Paper By: GTT Communications
Cloud connectivity has moved beyond the tipping point, with the majority of enterprises using some form of cloud computing in their business. The white paper on “Cloud computing success demands the right cloud connectivity” highlights why it is critically important for enterprises to use private cloud connectivity, rather than the public Internet, to access their IT applications...
The Forrester Wave: Hybrid Integration For Enterprises, Q4 2016
White Paper By: Software AG
The hybrid integration market is growing because more EA professionals see the broad capabilities and use-case flexibility as a way to address key business challenges. This market growth is in large part due to firms rethinking their integration strategies. To assess the state of the hybrid integration market and see how the vendors stack up against each other, the strengths and weaknesses...
Disaster Recovery Guide: DR in Virtualized Environments
White Paper By: Zerto
Virtualization of the data center has proven to be a true IT game-changer, providing increased flexibility and control in managing production workloads, as well as, making disaster recovery easier by representing everything in logical terms and doing away with the need for a physical replica of your environment. This whitepaper on “Disaster Recovery Guide-DR in Virtualized...
Cloud Versus Premise: A Decision Framework for Contact Center Technology
White Paper By: Altivon
Competing in today's highly competitive environment requires enterprises to have an agile technology infrastructure to support customer service and to achieve the greater corporate objective of improving the customer experience. In contact centers, choosing between cloud and premise can be confounding. We advocate a decision framework and the same fundamental decision framework for...
Cloud Computing Security Public vs Private Cloud Computing
White Paper By: Parallels
For CIOs and CEOs, cloud computing security is still a hot topic for discussion. The debate continues as to whether a public, private or hybrid cloud approach is best. While there are complex factors that can inform a decision between public or private cloud, security is the biggest. Choosing public vs private cloud services can be challenging, it is important to analyze the differences...
Cloud for Business Continuity: Separating Fact From Fiction
White Paper By: Unitrends
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery were the most commonly cited reasons (60%) for having adopted Cloud-based solutions for backup and recovery. Enterprises acknowledge that cloud backups and recovery are required to maintain business operations and business continuity. The ability to recover data, when needed, in a cost effective manner was widely cited as one of the main criteria...