Seven deadly sins of cloud security

By | IDG News Service
Published 16:36,

Seven deadly sins you ought to be aware of before putting applications in the cloud

  • Data Loss/Leakage
  • Shared Technology Vulnerabilities
  • Malicious Insiders
  • Account, Service and Traffic Hijacking
  • Insecure Application Programming Interfaces
  • Abuse and Nefarious Use of Cloud Computing
  • Unknown Risk Profile
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Unknown Risk Profile

Transparency issues continue to persist concerning cloud providers. Account users only interact with the front-end interface and really don't know what goes on in the back-end. Who knows which platforms or patch levels the provider is employing?

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