With increased demand for remote work, experts say that successful organizations will pivot to public cloud resources. Video conferencing platforms, messaging apps, virtual private networks (VPN), and cloud storage have made it easier for employees to collaborate without being in the same central location. As business trends shift toward allowing more remote positions, experts say that cloud technology will become vital across industries.

In a mid-March 2020 survey from brokerage firm Instinet, 68% of CIOs said that cloud services would become more of a priority for their businesses. Largely because the cloud is vital in providing personnel with continuous, reliable access to data, whether they are in the office or working remotely. To protect assets throughout their cloud journey, companies should look to third-party tools to remediate vulnerabilities and ensure that they are following best practices in compliance and security. Here are the new public cloud security precautions every business should take seriously.

Just as “server sprawl” was a problem with data centers, “cloud sprawl” has quickly become a challenge for companies going all-in on cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Here's how a full-service CMP like CloudCheckr can help you reduce cloud sprawl, right-size your resources, and enforce security best practices to see the financial benefits you were promised.

CloudCheckr CMx is built to deliver insights about cost savings, cloud security, and compliance to the most complex organizational structures, from large enterprises to managed service providers to government agencies. Here’s why we built it.

While Amazon Web Services (AWS) handles security of their own data centers, AWS users are responsible for network, host, and application-level security. We compiled this list of five common AWS security mistakes users make, along with best practices on how to fix them, to help you further your AWS security knowledge and keep your environment safe.