Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 24 | Page 69

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// t TECH cht TALK lk exploitation are all crucial tasks that still remain the customer’s responsibility. To circumvent this and minimise a situation that can leave a business unsecure, unprepared and potentially falling victim to cyberattacks, businesses must look to equip themselves with a security offering specifically designed for effective cloud protection. Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security is such a solution. It protects applications and data in physical, virtual and cloud workloads by building on Kaspersky Lab’s extensive experience in security for software-defined data centres. The solution provides multi-layered protection to multi-cloud environments. This means that wherever a business may process and store critical business data – be it a private or public cloud, or both – a perfectly balanced combination of agile, continuous security and superior efficiency are offered through this solution, resulting in the protection of data against the most advanced current and future threats, all without compromising on systems performance. Riaan Badenhorst, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab Africa www.intelligentcio.com The solution also provides API-based integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and supports the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, allowing users to extend security to every asset they put in the public cloud. A well-balanced blend of best-of- breed protection, resource efficiency and enterprise-level orchestration capabilities for public and private cloud environments is what this solution offers. Having the appropriate cloud security solution in place, that can scan for and patch known vulnerabilities, can make a massive difference to whether malware or a threat causes massive disruption or damage, or if it is caught in time and before possible disaster strikes. Not focusing on, or, getting cloud security wrong can stop critical business functions and bring it to a standstill or could cause very real harm. All cloud environments need to be secure – and with the solutions available to support this, cloud security shouldn’t be keeping business decision makers up at night. n “ BUSINESSES MUST LOOK TO EQUIP THEMSELVES WITH A SECURITY OFFERING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR EFFECTIVE CLOUD PROTECTION. INTELLIGENTCIO 69