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Security implementation and operations

Security implementation and operations

- Establishing and maintaining secure cloud operations is a matter of people and processes. Make sure to focus on training so that everyone understands their roles. Also, successful security operations are dependent upon proactive monitoring. Let's look at a few ways to do that. Require transparency. This means that we can see what's going on and where, and react accordingly. Make data available everywhere, either through APIs or dashboard, allowing anyone to see the current state of security and monitoring. Be proactive, not reactive. Yes, again, the data will provide you with the ability to be proactive and predictive. As you recall, both are important to advance cloud security. Mine data for patterns. This reveals trends which can help you find and fix issues that need to be corrected. Always evaluate KPIs, or key performance indicators; and SLAs, or service-level agreements. Keep in mind that there are places where the security tools will run into conflicts. You need to get ahead…

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