Protecting Your Assets From Cyber Attacks
Episode 10: Show Notes
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a heightened paranoia about cyber attacks, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to release a warning that we should be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity. In this episode we are going to explain why transitioning to the cloud (if you aren’t already there) is the best way to make sure that your information is secure. By leveraging cloud architecture, you can protect yourself against so many different types of attacks, and the important monitoring and auditing systems are automatically available to you at no extra cost (in contrast to on-prem systems). For advice about how you can ward off a cyber attack in the cloud in a business context and a personal one, tune in for today’s episode of Cloud Out Loud!
Key Points From This Episode:
Tweetables:
“Whether you’re on premise or in the cloud, good security hygiene is your first line of defense.” — Logan Gallagher [0:03:47]
“The cloud has systems that are capturing important API calls and important commands as they happen, and give you an audit trail that you can review. Leverage that and help your security team understand what that means and align that with the data governance that you operate under.” — Jon Gallagher [0:07:26]
“My rule of thumb [is] if you spend a whole week without someone sending you an email asking for more permissions, your permissions are too permissive.” — Jon Gallagher [0:09:36]
“The cloud doesn’t think of machines, the cloud thinks of service, and when you’re using cloud SQL and RDS (and you should), the infrastructure that the service runs on is not corruptible like it is on prem.” — Logan Gallagher [0:15:30]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Protecting Your Assets From Cyber Attacks
Episode 10: Show Notes
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a heightened paranoia about cyber attacks, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to release a warning that we should be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity. In this episode we are going to explain why transitioning to the cloud (if you aren’t already there) is the best way to make sure that your information is secure. By leveraging cloud architecture, you can protect yourself against so many different types of attacks, and the important monitoring and auditing systems are automatically available to you at no extra cost (in contrast to on-prem systems). For advice about how you can ward off a cyber attack in the cloud in a business context and a personal one, tune in for today’s episode of Cloud Out Loud!
Key Points From This Episode:
Tweetables:
“Whether you’re on premise or in the cloud, good security hygiene is your first line of defense.” — Logan Gallagher [0:03:47]
“The cloud has systems that are capturing important API calls and important commands as they happen, and give you an audit trail that you can review. Leverage that and help your security team understand what that means and align that with the data governance that you operate under.” — Jon Gallagher [0:07:26]
“My rule of thumb [is] if you spend a whole week without someone sending you an email asking for more permissions, your permissions are too permissive.” — Jon Gallagher [0:09:36]
“The cloud doesn’t think of machines, the cloud thinks of service, and when you’re using cloud SQL and RDS (and you should), the infrastructure that the service runs on is not corruptible like it is on prem.” — Logan Gallagher [0:15:30]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: