Cyber Incident Response: What To Do When Cloud Bites Back
April 2, 2015
Grazed from CCI. Author: Nick Pollard.
The technology increases efficiency by removing the need for physical infrastructure, but cloud contracts can present significant practical obstacles to incident response (IR) strategies. When a security incident happens, the speed at which the breach is identified is integral. The faster the response, the more quickly infectious malware can be halted, access stopped, sensitive data protected, and the threat remediated.
This makes a significant difference in controlling risk, costs, and exposure. But in a cloud world, the challenge arises when a company wants access to the servers that infrastructure is based on. Often, data centre providers will not allow a business to get into these, making it impossible to know where the attack is coming from…
Incident response plan
When third party and cloud providers are involved, incident response requires a digital investigation capability and commensurate access to all relevant systems in order to fulfil the six steps classically identified in IR methodologies…
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