This document discusses five critical ways to improve security across clouds using a cloud management platform: 1. Use policy-based application and data governance to control which workloads can be placed in which cloud. 2. Automate security technology installation and configuration like firewalls, antivirus, and patch management. 3. Integrate configuration management solutions like Puppet and Chef to ensure compliance with policies. 4. Configure and enforce firewall policies for cloud VMs in private and public clouds. 5. Trigger security scans of VMs to ensure continuous security across cloud workloads.

1. Five Critical Ways to Improve
Security Posture Across Clouds

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The Cloud Security Challenge
Fewer than half of security and
compliance officers feel that they have
the technology they need to secure
their cloud deployments!
Cloud management platforms can play a pivotal role in
cloud security by centralizing the orchestration,
governance and deployment of cloud applications,
platforms and infrastructure across hybrid clouds.

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Cloud Security Tip Number 1:
Policy-based
application and data
governance is
achieved through
policies that can dictate
which application
workload may be
placed in which cloud.
These governance
policies can extend to
include user access
controls and
provisioning
constraints.
Policy
Policy
Policy
Policy
Governance/Security
Roles
Rights & Permissions
Projects Orgs
Network
Infrastructure
Compute Storage
Applications & Platforms
OS
Agents/Utilities
Middleware
App Config.
Data
Code
DevPoliciesOpsPolicies

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Cloud Security Tip Number 2:
Automate installation
and configuration of
security technologies
including industry
standards such as host
intrusion-detection
systems (HIDS), anti-
virus, firewalls,
vulnerability assessment
and patch management.
For IT, concerns regarding
security (66%), integration
stability and reliability (47%) and
ability of cloud computing
solutions to meet
enterprise/industry standards
(35%) challenge adoption.
- IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing: Key
Trends and Future Effects Report 2013

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Cloud Security Tip Number 3:
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OS & Platforms
Agents/Utilities
Governance
Code
Plan Develop Test Release Operate
Code Code
OS & Platforms
Agents/Utilities
Governance
OS & Platforms
Agents/Utilities
Governance
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Be sure your cloud
management platform
integrates with
configuration
management
solutions such as
Puppet and Chef to
ensure configuration
compliance to policy.

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Cloud Security Tip Number 4:
Cloud-based VMs running
firewall policies can easily
be configured and
enforced with a cloud
management platform–
both in private and public
cloud environments.

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Cloud Security Tip Number 5:
Cloud management platform policies can
trigger security and vulnerability scans of
VMs to ensure continuous security across
cloud workloads.

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