Hello everyone my name is vijay kumar Devireddy and I am glad to have you back on my episode 66 today we're going to discuss about cloud security.Once we begin to rely on virtualization and cloud computing for our deployments,it becomes very important to recognize that our data might be hosted on the same physical server as another organization's data.By doing so, we introduce some vulnerabilities into the security of our systems.First, if the physical server crashes due to something one organization does,it can affect all of the organizations hosted on that same physical server.Similarly, if one organization has not maintained the security of their virtual environments being hosted on that server,there is a possibility that an attacker could utilize that to the detriment of all organizations based on that same server being hosted.Just as there are concerns when you conduct the interconnection of your networks with somebody else's,there are concerns with hosting multiple organizations' data on the same physical server that's being run by a given cloud provider.It's important for us to properly configure, manage,and audit user access to the virtual servers being hosted.Also, you should ensure that your cloud-based servers have the latest patches,anti-virus, anti-malware,and access control in place,if you're going to be using infrastructure as a service as your model.To minimize the risk of having a single physical server's resources being overwhelmed,it's a good idea to set up your virtual servers in the cloud with proper failover, redundancy,and elasticity.By monitoring the network's performance and the physical server's resources,you should be able to balance the load across several physical machines instead of relying on a single one.After all, elasticity is one of the main benefits of migrating to the cloud in the first place.Most of cloud security relies on the same security practices that you would perform for other servers,such as ensuring complex passwords are used,strong authentication mechanisms are in place,and strong encryption being used to protect your data at rest,in transit, or in process.Also, your cloud environment should have strong policies in place to ensure that it's clear what things a user may do and may not do with that cloud service.Finally, remember that the data that you're hosting in the cloud is on somebody else's physical server.If you're using a public cloud model,you need to be concerned about data remnants that could be left behind when a cloud server is deprovisioned after demand for the service is reduced.This could lead to a vulnerability where your data is available to other organizations using that same server.To prevent this, data should always be encrypted when placed in the cloud server,including the virtual hard disk files for those virtual servers that are being hosted. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app