This title slide is headed "Cloud Security Steps." Its subtitle promises to "Secure Your Cloud Future with Proven Steps."

Cloud Security Steps

Secure Your Cloud Future with Proven Steps

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This slide presents the agenda for the presentation. It outlines five key steps: identifying cloud assets, assessing risks, implementing security controls, monitoring and responding, and ensuring compliance.

Presentation Agenda

1. Identify Cloud Assets
2. Assess Risks
3. Implement Security Controls
4. Monitor and Respond
5. Ensure Compliance

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This slide, titled "1. Identify Cloud Assets," advises inventorying VMs, storage, databases, and applications while classifying data by sensitivity levels like public or confidential. It further recommends mapping dependencies and network flows, plus leveraging automated discovery tools.

1. Identify Cloud Assets

• Inventory VMs, storage, databases, and applications
• Classify data by sensitivity (public, confidential)
• Map dependencies and network flows
• Leverage automated discovery tools

This slide on assessing risks recommends conducting threat modeling, vulnerability scans, and evaluating misconfigurations plus access risks. It also advises prioritizing risks via a likelihood x impact matrix while involving cross-functional teams for holistic review.

2. Assess Risks

• Conduct threat modeling and vulnerability scans
• Evaluate misconfigurations and access risks
• Prioritize risks using likelihood x impact matrix
• Involve cross-functional teams for holistic review

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This slide, titled "3. Implement Security Controls," lists key measures like enforcing IAM with least privilege and MFA, plus encrypting data at rest and in transit. It also covers deploying WAF, firewalls, and network segmentation, automating patching and configuration management, and conducting regular vulnerability scans and audits.

3. Implement Security Controls

• Enforce IAM with least privilege and MFA
• Encrypt data at rest and in transit
• Deploy WAF, firewalls, and network segmentation
• Automate patching and configuration management
• Conduct regular vulnerability scans and audits

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The slide outlines the "Monitor and Respond" workflow phases: Continuous Monitoring, Alert, Investigate, Remediate, and Learn. Each phase lists key activities—like real-time log analysis, notifications, root cause investigation, containment, and post-incident reviews—alongside tools such as SIEM (Splunk, ELK), dashboards, forensic tools, SOAR platforms, and lessons learned reports.

4. Monitor and Respond

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Source: Continuous monitoring → Alert → Investigate → Remediate → Learn. SIEM tools, anomaly detection, incident playbooks.

To ensure compliance, align with GDPR, SOC2, and NIST frameworks while automating audits and reporting processes. Additionally, train staff through drills and engage third-party assessments regularly.

5. Ensure Compliance

• Align with GDPR, SOC2, NIST frameworks
• Automate audits and reporting processes
• Train staff and conduct drills
• Engage third-party assessments regularly

The "Key Takeaways" conclusion slide advises following three steps for robust cloud security: stay vigilant, automate processes, and ensure compliance. It urges immediate implementation for a secure cloud future and invites questions.

Key Takeaways

Follow these steps for robust cloud security.

• Stay vigilant
• Automate processes
• Ensure compliance

Questions?

Implement now for a secure cloud future

Source: Cloud Security Steps Presentation