Use a CASB to Protect the Cloud Services You Don’t Know You’re Using

by VAST | Mar 11, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Security

Companies have less control of their data than they think. Employees widely use unapproved cloud services, with Gartner finding shadow IT making up as much as 30 to 40 percent of IT spending. Every cloud service presents the potential risk of data loss, so how can...

6 Steps to Keeping Data Safe in the Cloud

by VAST | Feb 8, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management, Security

There are many layers to the cloud which means you need many layers of protection. Cloud providers will handle keeping the physical premises and the physical machines safe, but you remain responsible for your virtual machines, your applications, your network, and your...

Increase Your Cloud Security With a CASB

by VAST | Jan 9, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management

With the huge success of the cloud—some surveys show cloud being used by 96 percent of respondents—the risks to information have exploded. Cloud obliterates the perimeter where most traditional data security efforts focused. New approaches are needed; that’s why...

Keep Tape If You Want, But Use the Cloud for Backups Too

by VAST | Jan 5, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management, Infrastructure

Does anyone still backup to tape? Turns out the answer is yes, lots of companies still use tape as a backup media. If your goal is 3-2-1 backup (keeping at least 3 copies of your data, storing them on at least 2 different types of storage, and keeping 1 of them off...

Use a Direct Connection to the Cloud To Improve Security, Performance, and Reliability

by VAST | Aug 2, 2018 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management

There are a number of challenges that need to be addressed when you use hybrid cloud. Moving data between the public and private sides of the cloud is one of the biggest. Relying on public internet for this connection is neither reliable nor secure. Adding a virtual...

Enhance Your Cloud Security With Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

by VAST | Jul 18, 2018 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud Access Security, Hybrid Cloud

Security considerations still keep many businesses from moving their infrastructure to the cloud. Private cloud alleviates those concerns, but requires building your own on-site cloud so you lose the advantage of the maintenance and support a cloud provider offers....