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Table of Content

  • Introduction
  • Cloud Security Challenges
  • How DNIF HYPERCLOUD Helps Overcome Challenges in Cloud Security
  • Conclusion

Introduction

Cloud is a platform that provides various computing services like software, servers, databases, networking, and analytics. Organizations and industries prefer the usage of cloud computing rather than relying on local servers. This is because cloud computing gives scalability, cost performance, accessibility, flexibility, and a lot more. However, the growing dependency on the cloud has also increased cloud attacks. 

A massive number of data is stored in cloud servers, making it critical to protect against unauthorized access, data breaches, insider threads, and so on. It can be challenging for security professionals to detect and respond to threats manually. To solve this critical issue, we introduced DNIF HYPERCLOUD which is a cloud-native SIEM that detects, analyzes, and responds to cloud attacks.

Using DNIF HYPERCLOUD helps secure cloud environments against threats. It helps the security team identify potential threats by real-time monitoring. Additionally, it has an in-built feature that enables it to respond to threats automatically without human intervention. This strengthens the cybersecurity of the organization and increases its efficiency. 

Challenges in Cloud Security

Data Breaches:

Lots of data is stored in cloud servers, and various touchpoints like APIs make it easier for cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to users’ personal information. 

Compliance with Regulation:

Organizations must comply with certain industry regulations like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc. Compliance with these standards can turn out to be a serious challenge for the organization. 

Insider Threats:

Insider threats take place when an employee or partner who has legitimate access to sensitive information misuses it maliciously for the means of financial gain or unintentionally due to a lack of security awareness. 

Multi-Cloud Vulnerability

Organizations may use the cloud servers from different cloud service providers majorly because they specialize in different areas or due to vendor lock-in. Managing the securities among different cloud servers can be tough as every cloud provider has their security controls. 

How DNIF HYPERCLOUD Helps Overcome Challenges in Cloud Security

Real-Time Threat Detection: 

DNIF HYPERCLOUD helps detect and analyze security events in real-time. This helps analyze unusual behavioral patterns and identify potential threats. It uses smart security features to alert security professionals about threats and avoid loss. It also enables the MITRE ATT&CK framework to identify threats that are difficult to detect and may take hours to uncover by providing a clear understanding of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). It monitors the real-time data of the organization and safeguards sensitive data of the organization, ensuring that there is no data breach. 

Comprehensive Data Visibility:

DNIF HYPERCLOUD promotes the consolidation of data from various clouenMd environments. It centralizes data collected from different cloud servers into one single dashboard, which addresses the challenge of multi-cloud vulnerability. It enables security professionals to monitor and view real-time data, user activity, and security events into one single unified dashboard. This makes it easier for the security team to analyze and detect threats more effectively. It helps prevent misconfiguration, security gaps, and vulnerabilities by ensuring the visibility of aggregated data collected from various cloud networks including logs from applications and networks.

This can help organizations forecast potential threats by identifying user behavior patterns through historical data aggregated from various cloud environments. For example, a financial company using AWS and Google Cloud might also discover uncommon login attempts from a shared IP across both platforms. Comprehensive visibility allows them to correlate this activity and act swiftly to block the IP, mitigating a potential threat.

Automated Compliance:

Every industry has to maintain compliance with one or the other industrial regulations like GDPR, PCI-DSS, and SOX. Non-compliance with these regulations can result in heavy penalties and fines imposed on the company. DNIF HYPERCLOUD helps to generate reports that align with various industrial regulations, simplifying the compliance process. This not only saves the organization time but also reduces the risk of human error.

This is because it collects real-time data from different cloud environments, making sure that everything is noticed and that the report generated is accurate and consistent. These reports can be presented during internal and external reviews to show compliance with industrial regulations. It also enables the security team to focus on more strategic tasks by eliminating manual data collection and report generation. This can also help organizations concentrate on their security incident and vulnerabilities.

Integrated Incident Response:

Once a threat is identified in any of a cloud server DNIF HYPERCLOUD helps tackle it by responding automatically, ensuring that there is no loss. Security professionals can also customize the responses according to their organization’s needs. It enables organizations to swiftly respond to threats and reduce incident response time. DNIF HYPERCLOUD can analyze and detect unusual or suspicious behavioral patterns, and quickly isolate the affected cloud environment.

This mitigates the risk of insider threats and ensures that there are no data breaches. For example, if an employee is trying to gain access to the confidential data of customers without authorization, DNIF HYPERCLOUD will detect such activities, automatically block the access, and alert the security team to take necessary action. Likewise, if a partner or an employee attempts to transfer a large number of sensitive data to an external drive then  DNIF HYPERCLOUD halts such transfer and blocks users account to prevent data breaches. 

Advanced Analytics:

DNIF HYPERCLOUD uses machine learning to analyze and detect potential threats across cloud environments. It can detect threats that are hard to detect or take hours to detect like ransomware, ensuring a swift and effective response to threats. Its ability to analyze historical data helps in providing insights into the potential threats and vulnerabilities of an organization. 

It significantly strengthens the cloud security of the organization, by identifying potential threats, managing risk, reducing false positives, and promoting quick response. This reduces the manual intervention of humans and allows the security team to make effective decisions.   A cloud server may receive various alerts for unusual login attempts, advanced analytics can help the security team to examine such events carefully. This will identify the portion of alerts that are legitimate and reduce false positives. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, DNIF HYPERCLOUD enhances the cloud security of the organization. Its capability to collect data from various cloud environments into a unified dashboard and detect potential threats in real-time mitigates the risk of data breaches. Furthermore, its ability to respond to threats and advanced analytics features assist the security team in promptly reacting to insider threats, ensuring there is no loss. Additionally, its automated compliance features simplify adherence to regulatory standards, making DNIF HYPERCLOUD the best tool to safeguard and protect organizations’ data.