Regulatory compliance, data protection laws, governance frameworks, and audit requirements.
The systematic recording and examination of activity across cloud infrastructure to ensure compliance, detect anomalies, and maintain accountability. Like a security camera system for your cloud — everything is logged so you can review who did what, and when. AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor Activity Log, GCP Audit Logs, and OCI Audit all provide native auditing.
Example: A financial services company uses AWS CloudTrail to record every API call across their AWS environme...
The process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to cloud infrastructure, data, and operations. In cloud computing, this encompasses the shared responsibility model (what the provider secures vs. what you must secure), threat modeling, disaster recovery planning, and alignment with frameworks like the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Azure Security Benchmark, and NIST.
Example: A fintech startup uses the AWS Well-Architected Framework review to assess risk across five pillars:...