RedLock, the Cloud Threat Defense company, and Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced their joint efforts to help organizations fulfill their responsibilities in securing public cloud environments. The joint-solution approach offers enterprises the ability to implement a broad Cloud Threat Defense strategy across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud environments that aligns with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF). The two companies plan several go-to-market initiatives, including joint sales efforts, joint product demonstrations and joint solution collateral development.

"RedLock and Barracuda products fit together to address the security challenges in public cloud computing environments," said Varun Badhwar, CEO and co-founder at RedLock. "The solutions assist enterprises with addressing the four functions of NIST CSF, which include identifying assets, protecting against threats, detecting security events, and responding to incidents. We’re privileged to work with Barracuda in helping organizations obtain the benefits of public cloud computing."

The problem comes when you worry so much about leaving your business in someone else’s hands that you can’t relax when you’re away from it, and taking a vacation in the first place doesn’t feel right for you. If you follow this path, you will find that you make yourself ill, burn yourself out, or completely fall out of love with your business. 

To ensure that you can have a vacation and still keep on top of the day to day running of your company, here are some ways that you can manage your business while you’re away. 

Think about whether cloud computing will benefit your business

Before you make any big decisions, it is vital that you step back to evaluate your options. Your business should only be embracing cloud computing if it is going to offer a range of benefits. Why not carry out an extensive research project on other businesses that have moved onto the cloud? This is the perfect opportunity for you to follow on from their successes and to learn from their mistakes.

The cloud security market is growing in large part because traditional security infrastructure has failed. Where next-gen firewalls and built-in capabilities are insufficient for regulatory compliance, internal compliance, and cloud data protection, dedicated cloud security becomes critical. Specifically, 84 percent of respondents say traditional security solutions don’t work or have limited functionality in the cloud.

"Cloud security is here to stay as is evident by the concerns and challenges survey respondents highlighted," said Bitglass CMO Rich Campagna. "Enterprise security teams are concerned about the next-generation of cloud threats that pose a risk to corporate data. There has already been immense progress in the past five years as security personnel come to the realization that legacy security tools and processes are not enough to secure their ever-changing ecosystem."

"SentinelOne is the only endpoint management platform that can be flexibly deployed in various configurations," said Tomer Weingarten, CEO and co-founder, SentinelOne. "We are committed to not only being deployable in any cloud – but also protecting each and every cloud. As more and more customers move critical data and workflows into the cloud, SentinelOne is purpose-built to provide prevention, detection and response capabilities with the broadest platform coverage for servers."

Just months following the vADC acquisition, this development demonstrates momentum and Pulse Secure’s commitment to providing customers with flexible deployment options and accelerating cloud adoption with Azure, while leveraging existing IT investments. 

"Pulse Secure is proud to continue our momentum and execute on our cloud strategy. Our Microsoft Azure offering allows deployment flexibility and enables faster cloud adoption for enterprises seeking to deliver mission-critical applications in Azure’s highly secure and reliable public cloud. Because our innovative vADC platform was ‘born virtual,’ we future-proof best-in-class cloud application deployments," said Marion Smith, VP and GM, vADC Business Unit at Pulse Secure.

McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today announced its third annual cloud adoption and security report, Navigating a Cloudy Sky: Practical Guidance and the State of Cloud Security. The report outlines the current state of cloud adoption, the primary concerns with private and public cloud services, security implications and the evolving impact of unmanaged cloud use for the more than 1,400 information technology (IT) professionals surveyed.

Lack of adequate visibility and control is the greatest challenge to cloud adoption in an organization. However the business value of the cloud-Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (SaaS)-is so compelling that some organizations are plowing ahead. Fortunately modern cloud security tools and practices don’t require organizations to make that difficult choice between business velocity and data security.

"Despite the clear prevalence of security incidents occurring in the cloud, enterprise cloud adoption is pressing on," said Rajiv Gupta, senior vice president of the cloud security business unit, McAfee. "By implementing security measures that allow organizations to regain visibility and control of their data in the cloud, businesses can leverage the cloud to accelerate their business and improve the security of their data."

Effective Processes

You need your business to run like a well-oiled machine without hiccups and holdups along the way. There needs to be regular review of business processes, and you shouldn’t be afraid to ask your team where they feel improvements can be made. Your computer systems should have anti-spyware installed and checks should be run alongside diagnostic tests. Codeassess programming provides quick assessment of codes and can help you diagnose problems in the system. Effective processes are streamlined ones that have proved themselves to be helpful and useful to your business.

Devices of all kinds with various functions have slowly taken a big part in people’s daily life, and that comes with a lot of advantages. Some of them are obvious, while others are definitely taken for granted. Below there are some important advantages that technology provides to people.