There is another side that you must pay attention to if you are or will use cloud computing technology. Among them, what we will discuss this time is related to various security risks that have been the main concern of cloud users. So that your company does not need to have its own hardware and software capitally. However, you need to know that if your workload is already in a cloud environment, it doesn’t guarantee that it will always be secure by itself. In addition, cloud security is a shared responsibility. In that sense, both the service provider and the customer are responsible for the cloud resources. There are several security risks that you need to consider when migrating to the cloud.
Poor Access Management
Access management is first on the cloud computing security risk ranking. As we know, having free access to information sources is the key to access to the heart of a company, which is vulnerable to being infiltrated and attacked by hackers. You can use multi-factor authentication. So that if there is an attempt to break into an account, users immediately receive a warning notification.
Lost Data
Data loss is a threat that is difficult to predict. In addition, the reasons for data loss also vary, ranging from loss of access to data location, data deletion, to data manipulation by cyber intruders. Immediately back up your valuable data regularly. Data backup or backup is the best solution to prevent data loss. You need to schedule and determine what types of data and information are allowed to be backed up and what are not. This process can be automated effectively using software.
Insecure API
Weak APIs are the next cloud security threat. API which stands for Application Programming Interface is the core instrument applied to operate software in a cloud infrastructure. This process includes internal use by company employees as well as external use by customers through digital products such as mobile applications or web applications. Strong external security is very important because this service is in charge of transmitting data as well as delivering all types of analytics. API accessibility makes it vulnerable to cyberattacks.
DoS Attacks
Denial-of-Service attacks aim to prevent users from logging into the system or disrupt the workflow of users. In the event of a DoS attack, during the attack the system assets are immediately drained. Lack of resources that should be devoted to scalability triggers speed and stability issues that are different across systems. For example, for example, an application/web will run slowly, not even succeeding in loading all the application/web content pages properly.
Data Breach
A data breach is an incident where a third party user can freely access and extract your company’s valuable information that should be impenetrable to external parties. The type of data breach that has often occurred in recent years is in the form of ransomware attacks.