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1. CAN CLOUD
SOLUTIONS
TRANSFORM
NETWORK
SECURITY?

2. When cloud computing was first
introduced to the world, it received
a lot of scepticism in terms of
reliability and security. It even
produced a notable meme saying
the cloud is just someone else’s
computer, which is technically
true. But cloud computing today
has become an integral part of
network security. In fact, cloud
computing has benefited
businesses in many ways:
The Cloud is having a Measurable
Impact on Business
Average reduction
in operational costs
Average reduction
in IT spencing
Average reduction in
IT maintenance costs
16.18%
15.07%
16.76%
20.66%
19.63%
18.80%
Average improvement
in time to market
Average increase in
process efficiency
Average increase in
company growth

3. 7 Ways Cloud Computing
Transforms Network
Security
Cloud computing brings many network security advantages to any
organization, big or small. Technically speaking, since the cloud is
“someone else’s computer”, there’s an inherent transference of risk
for many organizations to the Cloud Service Provider (CSP).
If an organization is transferring a good amount of its IT operations,
security, and storage to a CSP, there need to be certified network
defenders on site. They are the ones that will make sure the CSP will
deliver these advantages to each client.

4. 1. Protection against DDoS
Attacks
While no CSP is immune to DDoS attacks, there
are some that can absorb and disperse these
attacks to help minimize the impact.

5. 2. Regulatory
Compliance
Since many CSPs can have a variety of customers,
they often opt to become compliant with many
national and international regulations so they are
ready should a potential client be in the market of
a CSP.

6. 3. Flexibility
It’s more than likely that whatever service level you choose with
the CSP, expandability will be included. For example, if you
have a surge in storage or processing needs, it will
automatically become available to you. Granted, you might get
charged for that extra use, but at least you wouldn’t have any
crashed servers or downtime.

7. 4. Patches and Updates
Again, depending on which service level you choose, the CSP
can manage software/hardware patches and updates for you.
Even if you managed it yourself, it would still be a much more
efficient process.

8. 5. Physical Security
Since CSPs host many clients’ data, their physical security needs to be
very strong. So much to the degree that a small to medium business
most likely wouldn’t be able to have that amount of security. Plus, they
would be breaking the basic security principle of having “just enough”
security. Essentially, the CSP physical security costs are split between
all the tenants.

9. 6. Data Security
Just like with physical security, the costs of strong data security are
essentially shared between the tenants of a CSP. A great perk of this is
implementing multi-factor authentication. A small- to medium-sized
business might not have the resources to implement this on-site, so
they can certainly take advantage of this via their CSP.

10. 7. High Availability and
Support
Again, a small- to medium-sized business won’t be able to
provide the level of availability that can be offered through a
CSP.

11. Difference between
Cloud Security and Network
Security
Cloud Security
Cloud security is evolving, and it forms part of
network security and information security.
Fundamentally, the cloud security refers to a
broad set of technologies, controls, and
policies. These are used to secure and protect
data, applications, and cloud infrastructure.
Cloud security covers a broad range of security
practices from end-user and cloud service
provider (CSP) perspective. Though the end-
users are primarily concerned of the security
policy of CSP, they are equally concerned of
data storage and the access to the data on
cloud.
Network Security
Network security is a broader perspective
when compared to cloud security. It
encompasses policies, technologies,
controls, and procedures enforced by the
network security team. Moreover, the
objective of network security is to track
and control unauthorized access to the
network and its components. Basically, a
well-implemented network security can
block cyber attackers to intrude network
with malware, viruses, etc.

12. EC-Council’s Certified Network Defender (CND) trains network
administrators on protecting, detecting and responding to the
threats on the network. Since a network administrator already
has networking knowledge, the CND training course provides
the candidate with network defense fundamentals, the
application of network security controls, protocols, perimeter
appliances, secure IDS, VPN and firewall configuration,
intricacies of network traffic signature, analysis, and
vulnerability scanning.

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