Cloud security automation is a prominent consideration for many organizations. Here are five general guidelines or steps that make the process easier.
Cloud security automation is a significant consideration for many organizations and their IT departments or providers. Of course, every organization has different requirements and expectations, and there are a wide range of tools available to enable the process. But are there any general guidelines or steps that make this transition easier? Yes, there are. Here is a glance at five of them.
1. Automating Deployments
Enterprises busy with DevOps best practices implementation must also give equal priority to automating deployments. Another factor they should keep in mind is that such automation can also lead to better security overall. This benefit is possible because automation brings down the chances of manual errors considerably. If threats are detected, the concerned engineer can attend to the issue without abandoning deployment-related tasks. Furthermore, choosing tools that work across public cloud or similar environments can help maintain consistent security.
2. Instance and Container Configurations
Strengthening or hardening container configurations are said to be one of the prime steps to ensure cloud security automation. Using the right tools for this process will improve the overall standards and security of the configurations and can also be helpful in reevaluation at a later stage. Additionally, these tools work on-premise and public cloud environments - automation and integration become an easy process with cloud-native systems and the like.
3. Infrastructure Buildout Automation
Many companies see this as one of the first steps in cloud security automation, and they are right. Infrastructure automation is one of the first things to be taken care of. Manual deployments are very resource-intensive - with automated infrastructure buildout, a handful of engineers can set up and manage what would otherwise take a much larger team. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) allows enterprises to deploy fleets of servers with predefined security configurations, thereby ensuring automation in cloud security.
4. Constant and Consistent Monitoring
Cloud environments are getting more complex day by day. Companies never know when problems will creep up on their IT operations. Hence, they need to be ready to identify and resolve issues as they arise or even before they occur. Setting up automated monitoring mechanisms in your cloud environment can do just that. Such tools identify even the tiniest of problems and resolve them (if the tool is equipped for it) or alert the concerned personnel immediately.
5. Think Futuristic
Cloud systems are evolving day by day, and enterprises should always be thinking futuristic. However, remember that potential threats are also growing in sophistication. If your environment is not up-to-date, the chances are that security will be compromised easily. With the need for advanced environments, cloud security automation is necessary - manual operations just won't be able to keep up.
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