Cybersecurity Trends and Cloud Computing

As more businesses move data and applications to cloud infrastructure, the nature of cybersecurity risk has shifted from protecting a single physical server to managing a shared responsibility between the cloud provider and the business itself.

The shared responsibility model

Cloud providers are generally responsible for securing the underlying infrastructure — physical data centers, network hardware, and virtualization layers — while the business remains responsible for configuring access controls, managing user permissions, and securing the applications and data it puts on that infrastructure.

Common risks businesses overlook

• Misconfigured storage or database permissions left publicly accessible
• Weak or reused credentials on cloud management accounts
• Lack of monitoring for unusual account activity
• Assuming the cloud provider handles all security automatically

Staying ahead

Regular access reviews, multi-factor authentication on all administrative accounts, and keeping software dependencies updated remain the highest-impact, lowest-cost security practices available to any business using cloud infrastructure.

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