Cloud security risks inside hybrid cloud environment

If you are working in hybrid cloud spaces, it is really necessary for you to take into considerations a wide variety of types of security problems as well as governance issues. Before starting to adopt cloud services, you must understand what cloud security actually means. Educating the knowledge is the major key for you to make sure that everyone in your company can have a clear view of his or her roles in terms of protecting the company’s data.

1. Computer system security risks

According to the NIST, which stands for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a government standards body, computer systems are the main risks of many attacking, which then leads o data loss or even loss of a whole computing facility due to the cause of either fire or natural disasters. Of course, attackers are those who mainly cause the loss of your data, but sometimes the fault is even of your trusted staff.

The risks can be categorized into various types such as errors and omissions such as data falsifying use cases or programming mistakes, theft, employee misuse, loss of physical assistance for infrastructure, illegal attackers, malicious code as well as risks threatened your personal information.

2. Hybrid cloud security problems

Today, a lot of problems related to cloud security which many organizations are facing when working with their own computer systems are detected inside the cloud environment. According to CSA, which is also known as the Cloud Security Alliance, has outlined the most vulnerable areas of cloud.

First of all, it is the traditional security which is the most affected. A hybrid cloud environment may alter the traditional security as you are not always having the control over your data. Moreover, some of the computing assets that you are taking advantage are not really on your premises. So now you need to make sure that strong traditional security control are being measured by your cloud service vendor. Physical security is related to security of IT equipment, network assets as well as telecommunication structure. It is highly recommended that you should defense this kind of security both actively and inactively.

Another type of security in this terms is human resource security, which works with people to make sure background tests, confidentiality as well as segregation of responsibilities which are not operated by people developing applications. In addition, plans of business continuity need to be part of any service level commitment in order to make sure that the cloud service vendor is able to satisfy their customers with committed service level for continuous operation with you. Last but not least, it is the disaster recovery which must be made sure to guarantee that your assets such as data and apps are saved securely.

Secondly, you also need to handle with incidents. A hybrid cloud space could change incident handling in two ways or more. First of all, although you may have control over your own data center, when an incident takes place inside your cloud, you will need the help from your cloud service provider as only them can help you deal with every specific part of the infrastructure.

What is more, a cloud with various tenants to some extent makes making investigation into an incident be more intricate. As a result, you had better find out how your cloud service vendor defines the incident as well as know clearly whether you can discuss with them how you will collaborate with them to be sure that each side is satisfactory when working together, doing this to some extent can support you to prevent yourself from arguments.