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Cloud Security Best Practices

January 17, 2025
nScope Team
Cloud Security Best Practices

As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, ensuring robust security measures is crucial to protect sensitive data, applications, and infrastructure. While cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offer built-in security features, organizations must take proactive steps to enhance their security posture. This article explores best practices for securing cloud environments across these major platforms.

1. Implement Strong Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Why it matters: Unauthorized access is one of the biggest security risks in cloud environments.

Best Practices:

  • Use role-based access control (RBAC) and least privilege principle to limit access to only necessary resources.

  • Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users, especially administrators.

  • Regularly audit IAM policies and permissions to identify and remove unnecessary access.

  • Leverage identity federation and single sign-on (SSO) for secure authentication across multiple cloud services.

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