Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Cloud adoption is exploding, and rightfully so. Businesses are seeing the value of improved agility and efficiency when leveraging public cloud, resulting in 60% of all corporate data globally being stored in the cloud in 2022. As such, securing the cloud is becoming an increasingly important skill for defensive security teams, ergo red teaming the cloud is becoming increasingly important for us offensive security teams too.

The future is notoriously hard to see coming. In the 1997 sci-fi classic Men in Black — bet you didn’t see that reference coming — a movie about extraterrestrials living amongst us and the secret organization that monitors them, the character Kay, played by the great Tommy Lee Jones, sums up this reality perfectly: While vistors from distant galaxies have yet to make first contact — or have they? — his point stands.

Imagine a world where digital fortresses are impervious to cyber threats – a utopia for any cybersecurity professional. Yet, we live in a realm where one misstep in cloud configurations opens the gates to potential havoc. As someone who has journeyed through the labyrinth of cybersecurity for over two decades, I've witnessed firsthand how a simple misconfiguration can escalate from a minor hiccup to a full-blown security nightmare.

Hybrid cloud security uses a combination of on-premises equipment, private cloud deployments, and public cloud platforms to secure an organization’s data, apps, and assets. It’s vital to the success of any organization that uses hybrid cloud network infrastructure. The key factors that make hybrid cloud security different from other types of security solutions are flexibility and agility.

As technology develops and our reliance on technology increases for education, work, or personal use grows, so does our need for privacy-focused providers to secure our data. Although numerous services are available, deciding which is right based on your needs can be challenging. However, it is crucial to subscribe to a secure service to handle your data, as more industries are becoming victims of data breaches each year.

Cloud providers are becoming a core part of IT infrastructure. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's biggest cloud provider, is used by millions of organizations worldwide and is commonly used to run sensitive and mission-critical workloads. This makes it critical for IT and security professionals to understand the basics of AWS security and take measures to protect their data and workloads.

Now you can get even more out of your cloud storage subscription with Internxt, as we are excited to introduce Internxt Drive's new advanced sharing feature. This new update is designed to elevate and enhance how you collaborate and share files with others. Fresh out of Internxt's most successful year yet, Internxt continues to hit the ground running in 2024 by providing you with a new feature for Drive Web, designed to optimize how you manage, share, and secure your files.

‍This blog is part of a series about how to use Vanta and AWS to simplify your organization’s cloud security. To learn more about how to use Vanta and AWS, watch our Coffee and Compliance on-demand webinar. ‍‍ Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is one of the most popular cloud providers for organizations today — providing one of the most flexible and secure cloud environments available.

As many companies begin to explore the vast capabilities of the public cloud ecosystem, one obstacle continues to be of extreme importance: Cost Optimization. The cloud itself was built for scalability and convenience, but when the most advanced options for your infrastructure can be set up with the touch of a button, a cost friendly migration and ongoing strategy to keep your cloud footprint within budget are key.