A cloud maturity model (CMM) is a framework for assessing your organization’s cloud readiness. Regardless of size or cloud experience level, any organization can use a CMM. For an organization that is entirely new to the cloud, a CMM helps develop a cloud adoption strategy. An organization with existing cloud infrastructure can use a CMM…
A cloud security framework is a set of tools, policies, procedures, and technology designed to protect data, applications, and infrastructure resources. As organizations increase their cloud footprint, the need for a cloud security framework increases. A robust cloud security framework provides a structured approach for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks and vulnerabilities across cloud applications…
Cloud security compliance ensures your cloud environments meet applicable laws, regulations, and industry and internal standards. It can be challenging because of the compliance requirements that typically apply. However, the consequences of not doing so are severe. For example, OneMain Financial paid the New York state regulator a whopping $4.25 million penalty for violations found…
In a world where many organizations run their entire operation from the cloud, robust cloud security standards are critical. Cloud infrastructure also creates multiple unique compliance, security, and governance challenges. To mitigate risk, organizations must develop and implement security standards that account for the threats facing IT infrastructure in a cloud-first world. Cloud security standards…
Ensuring the security of digital assets and data has become increasingly important for organizations today. Identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, network security, monitoring, and compliance are the security pillars that protect against cyber threats and data breaches. It is crucial to understand the importance of the various security elements and how they contribute…
Cloud technology practitioners have indicated that the biggest challenges in using cloud computing technology are related to security. However, 60% of the world’s corporate data is stored in the cloud, and 90% of large organizations have adopted a multi-cloud infrastructure, according to 2023 cloud computing stats. Cloud compliance is all about aligning your organization’s use…
Cloud computing is an indispensable component of today’s enterprises, enabling them to function more efficiently. With this increased reliance on cloud services, it is essential to establish a plan for managing cloud costs and maximizing returns on investments. Cloud cost management tools are an excellent way to optimize cloud spending, and their effectiveness has increased…
Cloud governance is about mitigating risk and ensuring smooth cloudops for enterprises. It achieves this by setting out the rules, policies, and procedures to be followed by your organization when running services in the cloud. It is likely that your organization already has an IT governance framework for its on-premise systems that sets out the…
An organization might adopt a multi-cloud strategy to leverage the unique capabilities of different cloud providers and avoid vendor lock-in. According to Gartner, 81% of respondents in a recent survey were using two or more cloud providers. Containerizing applications using technologies like Kubernetes provides the flexibility to run applications everywhere. While a multi-cloud strategy can…
Over this weekend, Google’s open-source team scanned Maven Central, the largest Java package repository, and found that 35,863 Java packages use versions of the Apache Log4j library. The good news is that the open-source community has responded well and has already fixed 4,620 (13%) of the packages. But, fixing all the vulnerabilities would take several…
The Log4j vulnerability, which could potentially impact the entire internet, is making headlines, and if you are scrambling to address it, you are not alone. At CoreStack, our teams spurred into action immediately to audit our code for this vulnerability, and we were relieved to reconfirm that our products are safe. As a cloud governance…
Enterprises embrace cloud with a hope to reduce IT costs. But they often experience the contrary and the costs continue to increase. So, where are the cloud savings? One of the prime reasons for this is not giving enough importance to automation and governance especially at the early stages of cloud adoption. Over time, as…