Cloud security is crucial for every individual or organization concerned about the security of the data they store or save in the cloud. According to a new analysis by Gartner, investment in cloud security products and services is anticipated to rise by 11.3% in the year 2023. Therefore, the industry for cloud security is predicted to see the greatest growth rate over the coming years. Cloud security is essential because of the increasing likelihood of cyberattacks on cloud data, applications, and services.

What is cloud security?

Cloud security refers to a set of technologies, protocols, policies, strategies, and best practices to safeguard cloud-based infrastructure, services, applications, and data against cybersecurity threats that originate from within an organization or outside it.

Cloud security provides various levels of protection within the network infrastructure against multiple threats, including data breaches, identity theft, unauthorized access, insecure APIs, DDoS attacks, malware infections, misconfiguration, and so on.