Security often tends to be left on the sidelines while it deserves a prominent role as part of digital transformation. It is the responsibility of the cloud service provider (CSP) according to the assumption of some organization because they are not aware of the shared security model. Due to digital transformation, many organizations are shifting to cloud services and they are attracted towards cost-efficiency models such as SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. But still, security is often forgotten while many organizations believe on-premise security standards can be directly mapped to the cloud but off-premise cloud world is totally different. Another challenge is the security team of many organisations doesn’t fully aware of cloud security, then how they can secure it? This created too much confusion for businesses, How to secure the cloud and they have many other questions in mind i.e where does security need to be augmented. Cloud base tools are becoming quickly popular as companies around the world are in search of ways to streamline their process. Organizations are deploying these tools not only to reduce cost and enhance information management but they are also scalable and reliable. Human labour associated with database management could be reduced by automating the process of updates, security, tuning, backups and many other routine tasks. Database automation will not absolve your security-related obligations but it plays a role in your management. Digital transformation is the main reason many businesses are moving from traditional software to cloud solutions.
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Automate to optimise security:
In this vastly changing ecosystem automation enables a business to meet its objectives to the cloud. Security on cloud is not an unwanted constraint, it is an integral part of the application lifecycle. By using tools infrastructure and applications are becoming highly automated, but this methodology can often ignore security configuration. By proper paradigm, an organization can add security in their infrastructure.
Cyber hygiene improvement:
Improving online security and maintaining system health by various steps and with the use of devices and computers is known as cyber hygiene. Proper configuration of the system and patching are not the only practices of cyber hygiene but it also involves data encryption within the system, restricts and allows access of data and monitoring. Automating all possible departments makes it easier for the organization to manage and increase cyber hygiene and take proper security measures. Automating various departments of business will streamline routine processes and makes security management simpler. Organizations can bring operations to the next level and elevate their database security with automation working hand in hand and expert staff.
Fewer data breaches:
Misuse of data, the risk associated with data theft and inappropriate access to data are the issues of high concerned for organizations of all sizes. Many organizations are becoming well versed of these risks while demand for security continues to grow but organizations are unable to meet the demands due to fewer resources. Many organizations wait for six months before applying a security patch to a critical system according to a survey. A patch is a small piece of software that is deployed to cover security flaw and repair vulnerability to secure it from malicious hackers. Patching a vulnerability is remarkably important because many organizations suffered data breaches due to known but unpatched data vulnerability. By automating it without rebooting the critical system manually database can automatically repair the flaw that makes patch management much easier.
Tools for the cloud:
Tools for the cloud are different from the on-premise world especially when it comes to security i.e identity solutions for KYC compliance and anti-money laundering laws are tougher on cloud than the on-premise world. In the cloud, cloud provider and organization have a shared security responsibility. In a cloud environment, your business must know how to integrate security policies and your cloud environment must capable of securing the data and prevent data breaches. Most of the time cloud got compromised due to the risky security policy of the organization. Security Breaches due to failure of the cloud is only 5% according to Gartner. Most of the time an organization is found responsible.
