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Ep. 108 Applying Cloud Security Posture Management to your Network
What do you do when your daily log entries increase by a factor of fifty?
Shane Barney, USCIS describes that prior to the cloud he had about 200GB of log data a day; after the move to the cloud, this was multiplied by 50, they are at 10TB a day. Obviously, it is not possible to use old tools for a workload this large.
Everyone reading this knows that when the federal government made the move to the hybrid cloud, they became deluged with data. The solution discussed today is something called Cloud Security Posture Management. This is an approach that automates identification and remediation of risks across cloud infrastructures.
During the interview, the federal leaders gave examples of how they have gone through a digital transition and assumed everything was configured properly. After the transition, the error became obvious. One takeaway is that pilots have checklists, and systems administrators need an automated checklist to look for compliance issues and misconfigurations.
Jeffrey Lush, U.S. Air Force, summarizes the need clearly: there is a gap between what you know and what you don’t know.
Each expert observed that managing a cloud network gives better visibility, for instance, being alerted to when there are open ports, open potentially exposed to the Internet. Further, an approach that includes CSPM can give administrators monitoring, validation, and compliance specifically tied to many areas of the Zero Trust. The net result is early threat detection.
In a rare instance of validation of a digital transformation, Shane Barney estimates that his agency saved $25 million in savings through deploying a Cloud Security Posture Management system.
Twitter: @FedInsider
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fedinsider/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FedInsiderNews
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What do you do when your daily log entries increase by a factor of fifty?
Shane Barney, USCIS describes that prior to the cloud he had about 200GB of log data a day; after the move to the cloud, this was multiplied by 50, they are at 10TB a day. Obviously, it is not possible to use old tools for a workload this large.
Everyone reading this knows that when the federal government made the move to the hybrid cloud, they became deluged with data. The solution discussed today is something called Cloud Security Posture Management. This is an approach that automates identification and remediation of risks across cloud infrastructures.
During the interview, the federal leaders gave examples of how they have gone through a digital transition and assumed everything was configured properly. After the transition, the error became obvious. One takeaway is that pilots have checklists, and systems administrators need an automated checklist to look for compliance issues and misconfigurations.
Jeffrey Lush, U.S. Air Force, summarizes the need clearly: there is a gap between what you know and what you don’t know.
Each expert observed that managing a cloud network gives better visibility, for instance, being alerted to when there are open ports, open potentially exposed to the Internet. Further, an approach that includes CSPM can give administrators monitoring, validation, and compliance specifically tied to many areas of the Zero Trust. The net result is early threat detection.
In a rare instance of validation of a digital transformation, Shane Barney estimates that his agency saved $25 million in savings through deploying a Cloud Security Posture Management system.
Twitter: @FedInsider
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fedinsider/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FedInsiderNews