- Security remains a large impediment to realizing cloud benefits. Numerous concerns still exist around the ability for data privacy, confidentiality, and integrity to be maintained in a cloud environment.
- Even if adoption is agreed upon, it becomes hard to evaluate vendors that have strong security offerings and even harder to utilize security controls that are internally deployed in the cloud environment.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- The cloud can be secure despite unique security threats.
- Securing a cloud environment is a balancing act of who is responsible for meeting specific security requirements.
- Most security challenges and concerns can be minimized through our structured process (CAGI) of selecting a trusted cloud security provider (CSP) partner.
Impact and Result
- The business is adopting a cloud environment and it must be secured, which includes:
- Ensuring business data cannot be leaked or stolen.
- Maintaining privacy of data and other information.
- Securing the network connection points.
- Determine your balancing act between yourself and your CSP; through contractual and configuration requirements, determine what security requirements your CSP can meet and cover the rest through internal deployment.
- This blueprint and associated tools are scalable for all types of organizations within various industry sectors.
Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments Research & Tools
Start here – read the Executive Brief
Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should prioritize security in the cloud, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the ways we can support you in completing this project.Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phases 1-5
1. Determine your cloud risk profile
Determine your organization’s rationale for cloud adoption and what that means for your security obligations.
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phase 1: Determine Your Cloud Risk Profile
- Secure Cloud Usage Policy
2. Identify your cloud security requirements
Use the Cloud Security CAGI Tool to perform four unique assessments that will be used to identify secure cloud vendors.
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phase 2: Identify Your Cloud Security Requirements
- Cloud Security CAGI Tool
3. Evaluate vendors from a security perspective
Learn how to assess and communicate with cloud vendors with security in mind.
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phase 3: Evaluate Vendors From a Security Perspective
- IaaS and PaaS Service Level Agreement Template
- SaaS Service Level Agreement Template
- Cloud Security Communication Deck
4. Implement your secure cloud program
Turn your security requirements into specific tasks and develop your implementation roadmap.
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phase 4: Implement Your Secure Cloud Program
- Cloud Security Roadmap Tool
5. Build a cloud security governance program
Build the organizational structure of your cloud security governance program.
- Ensure Cloud Security in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Environments – Phase 5: Build a Cloud Security Governance Program
- Cloud Security Governance Program Template
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