By now, organizations know which on-premises security tools they need, but when it comes to securing the cloud, they don't always understand which cloud security tools to implement.
While many traditional on-premises tools and controls work in the cloud, organizations should consider four newer cloud security tools designed to handle unique challenges that arise from cloud use.
Read on to learn about each cloud security tool, as well as top vendors for each.
Organizations should implement cloud security posture management tools and services, especially in multi-cloud environments.
CSPM tools help automate discovery, monitoring and remediation of misconfigurations and compliance risks in the cloud.
Most leading cloud service providers have basic service offerings in this category, including Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender Security Center and Google Cloud Security Command Center.
Larger enterprises and those in more than one cloud warrant a third-party tool to help centralize the monitoring, reporting and remediation of vulnerable and poorly configured cloud infrastructure.
Wiz works in hybrid cloud deployments, features more than 1,400 cloud misconfiguration rules and offers compliance monitoring.
Orca Security monitors cloud workloads, misconfiguration and policy violations, container security and more for the software development lifecycle.
This category is growing rapidly to encompass cloud workload protection, some CSPM capabilities, and data- and identity-related security controls, as well as DevOps pipeline security controls.
Aqua provides software supply chain security, scans for vulnerabilities, and detects and responds to attacks and threats in the SDLC. Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Cloud helps discover and remediate security flaws in code repositories, protect runtime cloud workloads and defend against zero-day vulnerabilities.
The cloud security tool offers authentication and authorization alignment to a cloud service instead of a traditional VPN to the data center, which is often tied to zero-trust network access.
This improves flexibility and performance for end users who primarily use cloud tools instead of on-premises resources.
Another tool to consider is cloud infrastructure entitlement management.
Smaller organizations might get away with using the native cloud provider services that evaluate identity roles and policies, for example, AWS IAM Access Analyzer.
Larger organizations with many cloud resources and complex deployments could benefit from CIEM tools that evaluate identity relationships and policies, report on possible attack paths and excessive privileges, and remediate issues when they're discovered.
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security monitors and remediates security issues, including disabled MFA, identity misconfigurations and account compromises, and detects and responds to identity-based attacks.
Many of these cloud security tools are evolving and even converging into new, consolidated product suites that could easily change in the next several years.
The common element of all the tools mentioned is addressing security challenges unique to cloud deployments.
A couple emerging cloud security tools that might be worth adopting in the future are SaaS security posture management and data security posture management, but the four listed here are at the top of many cloud security teams' lists today.
This Cyber News was published on www.techtarget.com. Publication date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:13:04 +0000