The Cloud Industry is booming and the emergence of cloud services is one of the most talked about topics in the IT world. Cloud services help us in customizing our application/software to get the full advantage while pursuing the product development and finally in making the production infra live on the internet.The underlying Cloud resources you are using are vital in business continuity. For such critical business needs, security of cloud servers is the utmost important. Many big businesses go down on the knees if their underlying infra is under attack and eventually collapse under the pressure.
Cloud Security is an evolving concept and needs no stone unturned to keep the server safe. A few very small techniques which are helpful in securing the server are discussed as follows.
- Restrict Global Access - Be it Windows or Linux Server, always do not allow ports to be accessed globally. Global open ports always pose a threat to the server. The powerful firewall at pugmarks cloud restricts the access of the ports to the rest of the world except India and make sure the server cant be accessible from outside the territory of India.
- VPN Access - VPN access contributes to the extra layer of security while accessing the server. Only authorized users can enter the server with a secret username & password. Pugmarks Cloud is already running setup with VPN access successfully. Customers can deploy setup with unlimited VPN users.
- IP Based Access - Expert network Engineers at Pugmarks can restrict the access of the servers to the whitelist IP or prescribed IPs only and hence keep the server hidden from the outside world which makes the server secure from unwanted access.
- Enterprise Grade Antivirus - Use of Anti-Virus is highly recommended on the production servers and make sure you are using Enterprise grade antivirus capable of tackling lethal & dangerous threats. Also, regular updates and upgrades of the antivirus make the server attack proof in the long run. Here at Pugmarks, we are using enterprise grade antivirus capable of handling such kinds of threats and keeping the server attack proof.
- Two Factor Authentication - TFA provides an extra layer of security to the server while accessing the server. It serves two purposes i) only provide access to the authorized person. ii) It notifies the admin of the server access. Hence making it a legitimate entry on the server for both the parties. Pugmarks provides you the servers which authenticate the server access via OTP on mail or call & via push notifications also.
- Communication via secure ports - Pugmarks has deployed all their servers behind firewall and hence only communication possible is via secure ports and rest of the unused ports remain closed to keep the server secure from any outside attack.
Apart from the above techniques Pugmarks Cloud guides its customer through various ways to keep the server secure while running the production infra. Pugmarks also consults its customers regarding their existing infra to optimize it in terms of cost, risk and performance to get the best out of the infra and helps in increasing business outcomes.
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