Enterprise adoption of the public cloud is accelerating at a pace even faster than expected. Drivers include tangible benefits such as business agility, cost reduction, and innovation with a growing kaleidoscope of use cases:
Big Data Analytics | New Application Development |
Web Retail Scalability | Cloud Bursting Needs |
IoT / Mobile Initiatives |
Cloud Security Concerns
During this revolutionary transformation, our customers are demonstrating an urgency to understand their options for building a world-class cloud security program. Along with user protections, these plans often include securing critical data and applications in the cloud. There are three key challenges inherent in accomplishing these goals.
First, CISOs need an accurate accounting of everything happening in their public cloud deployments. To construct this picture, security teams need visibility into instances that are moving in and out of production, along with an incisive view into security postures. Only with a continuous and comprehensive inventory of workloads in use can teams begin to secure them.
Next, the security controls must be proven and highly effective. As a last layer of defense against attackers, controls for operating system and application protection are critical to protect against advanced threats and zero-day exploits.
Finally, security must be integrated into cloud operations. Modern application development best practices require cloud-native security solutions that integrate with DevOps “continuous deployment” workflows. As cloud infrastructure scales to support business agility, security cannot be an after thought and must deploy seamlessly with cloud infrastructure.
Symantec Cloud Workload Protection is built to address these security challenges, offering a wide variety of features and benefits to support enterprise journeys to the cloud:
Discovery and Visibility of Public Cloud Workloads
· Global visibility across AWS and Azure services
· Automatic identification of workload security postures
· Real-time visibility into infrastructure changes
Robust Security Across Public Clouds
· Unique application isolation blocks exploits targeting known and unknown vulnerabilities
· OS hardening stops zero-day threats
· Real-time file integrity monitoring (FIM) prevents unauthorized changes
· Real-time user activity and process monitoring identifies suspicious behaviors
Elastic, Cloud-native Protection
· Security scales automatically with dynamic cloud infrastructure
· Cloud-native integration with public cloud platforms enables DevOps to build security directly into application deployment workflows
· Flexible, metered pricing allows security to expand rapidly with capacity spikes and shrink when workloads are retired to reduce costs
Some of our most important customers are already familiar with the benefits of using Symantec Cloud Workload Protection to protect their public cloud assets. In fact, the CISO of a large consumer packaged goods corporation has the following to say, “Symantec Cloud Workload Protection enables us to leverage the operational efficiencies of the public cloud while ensuring that our rigorous security standards are met.”
To learn more, visit the Symantec Cloud Workload Protection product page.
Also, we encourage you to signup for a free 60-day trial.