What You Need to Know About Hybrid Cloud Security
Thanks to its many business benefits, cloud computing is becoming commonplace
within organizations of all sizes. Historically, companies have struggled to
determine which model - public or private - best met their needs. But of
late, IT professionals are increasingly starting to realize that both public
and private clouds can exist harmoniously within the same organization, and
that, in many instances, a hybrid cloud model can actually be the most
effective approach.
RightScale's "2016 State of the Cloud Survey" found that hybrid cloud
adoption increased from 58 percent to 71 percent year-over-year. The uptick
in hybrid cloud computing has not been overlooked by cybercriminals, who have
been busy adapting traditional attack methods and devising new ways to target
threat surfaces and vulnerabilities in the cloud.
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In the first article of this three-part series on hybrid cloud security, we
discussed the Shared Responsibility Model, and examined how the most common
attack strategies persist, are amplified, or are mitigated as assets move
from data centers to the cloud. In part two, we talked about the unique
security challenges that are introduced by public cloud environments. In this
third and final installment, we'll review why it's essential to approach
hybrid cloud security with different methods, tools and best practices than
those used in the data center.
Bridging the Silo Between On... (more)
Part 2: What You Need to Know About Hybrid Cloud Security
In the first article of this three-part series on hybrid cloud security, we
discussed the Shared Responsibility Model and examined how the most common
attack strategies persist, are amplified, or are mitigated as assets move
from data centers to the cloud. Today, we'll look at some of the unique
security challenges that are introduced by public cloud environments.
While cloud computing delivers many operational, cost-saving and security
benefits, it takes place in a public, shared and on-demand environment, which
creates a... (more)
Jim Hansen is vice president of product marketing overseeing all of AlienVault's product development initiatives. He is responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for the AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) and Open Threat Exchange (OTX) product lines, as well as introducing new products into the marketplace. 
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