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Webinar: Can Moving to the Cloud Help Diminish the Risk of a Cyber Breach
In this webinar, Colin Christman, Senior Manager of IT at Smithers, makes clear that the cloud is not a silver bullet. Instead, it is a constantly shifting landscape that requires management, shared responsibility, and more.
Key points
- The cloud is a service model that provides remote access to computing resources. Public clouds like AWS or Azure offer scalable resources with minimal overhead, while private clouds offer control and customization at higher costs. Hybrid models blend the two, promising flexibility but often introducing complexity and compatibility challenges.
- Service models like Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) represent other ways the world of the cloud can be segmented.
- Cloud computing does not eliminate risk, but the risks do change. Organizations must evaluate cloud vendors across five key domains: agility, availability, security, supplier change, and compliance.
- Often, organizations assume that security begins and ends with their vendor. Actually, Colin points out in this webinar that 95% of cloud security failures will be attributed to customer error. Your organization cannot bow out as soon as you hire a cloud vendor.
- Organizations must regularly conduct risk assessments, stay current on evolving threats, and implement recognized frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST SP 800-171, or SOC 2. These standards serve as guides to help organizations think clearly about security in a cloud-native world.
- There is no such thing as perfect security.
- Cloud security is about good judgment, informed risk management, and a willingness to adapt as threats evolve.
- Using a cloud environment or resources can reduce your cyber but this requires leadership, ownership, and awareness.
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