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    Your Responsibilities and Data Security in the Cloud

    If your organization leverages the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, you have probably encountered the Shared Responsibility Model. This framework is distributed by AWS to delineate security and compliance responsibilities between themselves as the cloud provider and their customers as cloud users.

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    GuardDuty + CSS Antivirus: Combined Approach to Secure AWS Storage

    Ingestion Methods and Attack Surface Modern organizations that leverage the cloud ingest data into storage from various sources. Some examples include: Customer data via web applications On-premises data via migration tools such as AWS DataSync Data transferred from partners utilizing managed file transfer (MFT) services like AWS Transfer Family

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    Storage Announcements from AWS re:Invent & Data Security Considerations

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to advance the capabilities of cloud storage with a range of new features and enhancements, each offering unique benefits to businesses leveraging the AWS platform. Announcements made in December 2024 at AWS re:Invent included Storage Browser for Amazon S3, Queryable Object Metadata, Amazon S3 Tables, FSx Intelligent-Tiering and Physical data transfer terminals. These enhancements reflect AWS’ ongoing innovation in data management and storage optimization.

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    Cloud Storage Security CTO Kevin Hunt to Deliver CloudX 2024 Keynote

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

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    Cloud Storage Security Launches Antimalware for Azure Blob

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

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    Managing Malware in Multi-Cloud

    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.

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    Navigating the Threat Landscape of S3 Malware for Downstream Users

    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.

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    Costly Consequences of Falling Asleep at the Security Wheel

    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.

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    Public Sector and Malware: How Can We Protect Our Cloud?

    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.

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