Cloud security is the protection of data and information in the cloud. It covers a wide range of activities including securing the users of cloud based services, securing the physical location of the data/information, protecting from external attacks and internal threats, ensuring compliance with regulations, protecting against data loss and ensuring that customers have access to their own data.
Businesses need cloud security because cloud computing has grown rapidly over the past few years. It has become an important part of business operations across the world because it offers several advantages over traditional on-premise computing models such as scalability, mobility, flexibility and cost savings.
However, these advantages come at a cost; namely security concerns such as privacy leaks, regulatory compliance violations and data loss/corruption due to hacking attacks etc.
