{"id":46419,"date":"2017-10-23T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=46419"},"modified":"2022-04-06T03:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:02:25","slug":"can-secure-data-public-cloud-best-smokey-bear-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/can-secure-data-public-cloud-best-smokey-bear-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Only YOU Can Secure Your Data in the Public Cloud (In My Best Smokey the Bear Voice)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public cloud security is a shared responsibility but exactly who is accountable for what when it comes to the public cloud? Let\u2019s begin with the facts:<\/p>\n

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  1. Public cloud refers to a set of virtualized resources (compute, networking, applications) operating on someone else\u2019s computer, but that you control.<\/li>\n
  2. Public cloud provides tremendous benefits, including agility, scalability, and faster access to innovative technologies.<\/li>\n
  3. Security challenges in the public cloud mirror those faced within an on-premises data center (e.g. how to protect your applications and data from successful cyberattacks).<\/li>\n
  4. Attackers are location agnostic. Their intent is to gain access to your network, navigate to a target, be it data, intellectual property, excess compute resources, then execute their end goal \u2013 regardless of whether it is on the network or in the cloud.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think we can all agree on these points. But let\u2019s take a closer look at security and determine who is accountable when it comes to the public cloud.<\/p>\n

    Public cloud vendors such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, profess that \u201cpublic cloud data center infrastructures<\/em> are more secure,\u201d but what they are talking about is their data center infrastructure, on which you are deploying your applications and data. YOU are responsible for protecting the applications, access to those applications, and the associated data. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \"Cloudworkflows\"<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n

    Breakdown of shared security responsibility in the public cloud <\/em><\/p>\n

    Let that sink in. YOU are in complete control of what security to implement and you must take steps to safeguard your content.<\/p>\n

    How Can You Secure Your Workloads in the Public Cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Following are some of the key security capabilities required to ensure your applications and data in the public cloud are protected:<\/p>\n