Firewall for Security of Cloud-Based Applications
Cloud Security Fundamentals
Cloud applications have become essential for business operations in an era of digitization. Scaling and flexibility are just some benefits that cloud-based apps provide that businesses can take advantage of. On the other hand, even though there are many benefits with virtualization, it may carry security threats where, if became a victim will breach sensitive information and lead to businesses function down. For this reason, it is important to secure cloud environments, and one way to do so by establishing firewalls.
Challenges in Cloud App Security
Cloud-based applications are adopted to address many of the aforementioned shortcomings, but they come with a fair share of challenges, especially from the security perspective.
- Dynamic Environments: The dynamism of cloud environments means resources can be created, changed or deleted. Flexibility may sound desirable, but it can also help in loosening up security.
- Shared Responsibility Model: Here, the security in clouds is shared between the cloud service provider and client. Defining where the responsibility of each ends can be costly in terms of security.
- Reoccurring concerns include data protection — maintaining the privacy and remaining compliant with regulations like GDPR or HIPAA, a perpetual challenge especially as data is stored outside of your four walls.
- Acesso a Controles — O controle de acesso do usuário e permissões em um ambiente de nuvem continuam sendo fatores críticos, porém muitas vezes são difíceis pela extensa gama serviços e interfaces upstream.
- Advanced Threats: Cloud applications are popular targets for advanced threats, like DDoS attacks, malware and insider threats.
P J Networks — Cloud Firewall Solutions
We Get These Security Challenges and provide Next Generation Firewalls which are designed specifically for cloud:
Adaptive Security
As threats and risks emerge, falco maintains a firewall that can be automated with everything going on in the Cloud. By virtue of being cloud native, these controls will automatically adapt to changes in the cloud environment and therefore keep security policies consistent as well as effective.
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Firewalls from P J Networks incorporate a complete network security system utilizing various kinds of functionalities like firewalls, intrusion prevention, anti-virus, etc., in one package. It is not just a management perspective, but security as well.
Secure, Reliable Rentals
P J Networks Rental Services are for businesses that want to improve on cloud security and reduce some of the high upfront costs by using our rental services in firewalls, servers or routers. It also opens doors for businesses that want to meet skyrocketing standards in security but are hesitant due to financial burden.
Seamless Integration
Our firewall solutions are fully integrated with top cloud platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Offers a consistent way to manage security, keeping the necessary measures in sync across different cloud services.
Advanced Threat Intelligence
P J Networks next generation firewalls are armed with superior threat intelligence that allows them to detect and block zero-day menace in no time. It takes a proactive approach to keeping cloud-based applications safe from the changing attacks in cybercrime.
Features that Help Ensure Compliance
Our firewalls are engineered for compliance, with features that help businesses meet strict regulatory needs. Data Security features like encryption, secure access controls & detailed auditing/ reporting.
Scalability
Scalability is another key highlight in our firewall offerings. Our firewalls scale as your business grows so that over time, more cloud security measures you have in place for old processes will be replaced by newer solutions better suited to your operations.
Real-World Examples
Case Study 1: E-commerce Protection
A medium-sized e-commerce company moved to a cloud-based solution since its customer base started growing exponentially. But they had to deal with securing an internally-dynamic environment and experiencing ease in the handling of a huge load. Why rent PJ Networks UTM firewalls:
- Real-time traffic monitoring/real-time DDoS protection
- Scalability during peak traffic hours – seamless
- Single security policy management throughout their cloud infrastructure
Case Study 2: Healthcare Compliance
A healthcare provider wanted to use the cloud for processing patient records that were urgent. They approached the team at P J Networks for a solution that was designed to comply with regulatory standards but also maintain proper data handling practices. The benefits included:
- PID end to end patient record encryption
- Strong authorization legislative policies
- Comprehensive logging and reporting for compliance audits
Conclusion
With many businesses letting go of their applications or usage of on-prem data centres to move towards cloud-based infrastructure, the importance for proper security becomes needed. P J Networks provides flexible, comprehensive, and compliant security only for cloud with firewall solutions. Another advantage of choosing to rent these solutions is that businesses get access to enterprise-grade security without the full-on investments associated with buying and maintaining in-house equipment or whitelabelled products, guaranteeing both peace-of-mind secureness & fiscal responsibility.
With the dynamic cybersecurity threats against organizations, having a trusted firewall option is no longer an alternative; it has actually ended up being a requirement. P J Networks is uniquely positioned to ensure the security your cloud-based applications need for secure, high-performance and compliant operations.