Heterogeneous cloud landscapes have become the norm in many companies. However, in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, it can be difficult to implement security policies and ensure compliance. Different tools and solutions from public cloud service providers not only make pursuing a consistent security strategy a challenge, but they also increase the risk of configuration errors and the chance that vulnerabilities and cyberattacks could go unnoticed.
Despite taking the usual precautions for multi-cloud security, you are struggling to evaluate your measures and keep track. Effective cloud security posture management is proving a challenge and any vulnerabilities and misconfigurations remain undetected. A lack of visibility makes it harder to meet compliance requirements and ensure smooth operation.
As key components of a CNAPP, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) provide comprehensive vulnerability monitoring, helping companies quickly improve their security posture, as these use cases illustrate.
A lack of visibility ensures that vulnerabilities due to misconfigurations and security gaps remain undetected and increase a company’s susceptibility to cyberattack. The Cloud Security Governance CSPM solution centralises monitoring and delivers information about such misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.
Companies that are, or want to be, certified to security standards such as ISO 27001 need reports on the security posture of their entire cloud environment. The Cloud Security Governance CSPM solution delivers such reports at the touch of a button, making it easier to demonstrate your current compliance status.
The CWP Cloud Security Protection solution performs policy-based vulnerability scanning to detect potential compliance issues, malware and unauthorised changes to cloud workloads. It provides an insight into the security of CI/CD pipelines, highlights misconfigurations and suggests potential fixes.
Companies that use the public clouds and security tools of different providers face additional work due to the heterogeneous nature of the tools, features and reports. The Cloud Security Governance CSPM solution saves time and money by consolidating reporting across different cloud providers on one central platform. Cloud Security Protection also ensures that all cloud workloads, irrespective of the public cloud service provider, enjoy the same high level of protection and that there is no difference between the public clouds.
Moving a public cloud infrastructure to another provider involves significant effort, as the security policies must be adapted to the new environment and tools. Swisscom Cloud Security solutions ensure a consistent implementation of security measures, irrespective of the public cloud service provider.