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Solution offers multi-cloud malware protection and mitigation for files stored across Microsoft Azure Blob Storage and AWS

Presentation will describe business challenges and offer practical advice for managing data security in multi-cloud environments.

Businesses choose the cloud for reasons ranging from flexible application and processing capacity to secure storage. At Cloud Storage Security, we are seeing growing interest among businesses looking to distribute digital assets and functions across multiple clouds. When they do adopt a multi-cloud strategy, it is essential to consider potential expansion of vulnerabilities impacts to cybersecurity.

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, cloud storage services like Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) have become critical for business operation. However, with great power comes great responsibility—especially when it comes to securing your data against potential threats. One of the lurking dangers in cloud environments is malware that makes its way into S3 buckets, which is referred to as "S3 malware" herein. In fact, S3 has been cited as one of the top applications for malicious downloads in recent years*. This article uncovers the risks that S3 malware poses to downstream users and offers insights into effective protection strategies for DevOps teams, cloud security analysts, cloud architects, and IT professionals.

TechTarget’s Jill McKeon reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently settled ransomware investigations involving two medical providers, in which the OCR issued civil monetary penalties totaling $490,000 for failing to fully comply with the HIPAA Security Rule by regularly and persistently maintaining malware prevention services.

Ranging from local governments to federal agencies, public sector organizations are increasingly putting data and applications in the cloud. Whether to streamline access, leverage variable capacity and anticipated security of cloud platforms, or decrease pressure on IT teams, transition to the cloud continues to grow. In its report, 10 Hotspots in State & Local Government Contracting for 2024, GovWin by Deltek, Inc. reported a 39% increase in bid requests from state and local governments for cloud service types including infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, and storage-as-a-service.

As governments and agencies are increasingly moving sensitive and confidential information to secure cloud regions such as AWS GovCloud, it is essential to pay attention to security vulnerabilities that may exist despite the platform’s compliance with the complex cybersecurity requirements mandated by the U.S. government. One area that stands out is the lack of an embedded service for regular and persistent malware scanning within the GovCloud storage network. Malware protection for GovCloud regions is paramount for ensuring reliable and secure operations, and without it the risk of cyberattacks is very real and very high. Fortunately, there is one solution for AWS GovCloud in-tenant malware scanning in the AWS Marketplace. The CSS malware scanning service operates in parallel to workflows and can be configured for real-time scanning of static and moving data.

Cloud Storage Security's (CSS) malware protection solution was built when our founders observed that cloud application workflows that rely on cloud storage have become a massive attack vector, and that building an in-house, end-to-end, malware detection system with sophisticated threat detection engines was a costly undertaking for any business with data in the cloud. This is especially true for workflows that ingest third party files, store them in the cloud and then share them downstream.

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