SecWise Cloud Security Assessment
Managing security across multiple cloud platforms is no longer just a technical challenge, it is becoming a business-critical need for some.
In this article and webinar, you will learn:
- Why multi-cloud matters for security: Disaster recovery, resilience, and compliance.
- Key challenges: Complexity, cost, and governance.
- Practical solutions: How Microsoft’s security platform simplifies unified management across Azure, AWS, and beyond.
- Customer Case: Learn how SecWise helped a Belgian company reduce cost and increase security.
Key Points Covered
1. Key Drivers for Multi-cloud
- Multi-cloud adoption is accelerating due to business needs, compliance, resilience, and security requirements.
- Organisations increasingly operate across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and on-premises/private clouds.
- Major outages of big tech players highlighting the need for resilience and disaster recovery.
- Regulatory pressures like the NIS2 and the EU sovereignty requirements.
2. Challenges in Multi-Cloud Security
- Fragmented visibility: Each cloud provider uses different technology stacks and logging formats, leading to siloed dashboards and blind spots.
- Identity complexity: Multiple identity systems complicate access management and security monitoring.
- Lack of centralised monitoring: Makes it difficult to correlate threats and respond quickly.
3. Benefits of Microsoft’s Unified Security Platform
- Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM): Ingests and correlates security signals from all major clouds and on-premises environments, breaking down silos.
- Microsoft Defender suite: Provides endpoint detection and response (EDR) and broad threat visibility across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and on-premises workloads.
- Automation and threat intelligence: Microsoft’s platform offers strong automation and integrated threat intelligence, especially beneficial for existing Microsoft customers.
- Alternatives: Other platforms may offer vendor neutrality but can be more complex and costly to configure.
4. Benefits of Unified Identity & Access Management
Centralised identity as offered by Microsoft Entra ID: Simplifies user experience and IT operations, consolidates security logs, and enhances security posture.
5. SecWise’s Approach & Customer Case
Case study:
- A Belgian software company with workloads on Microsoft 365, Azure, and AWS partnered with SecWise for security monitoring and optimisation.
- Result: 50% cost reduction in AWS Kubernetes ingestion costs without compromising security.
SecWise methodology:
- Cloud Security Assessment: Uses a Microsoft-based, platform-independent framework, combining technical analysis with stakeholder interviews for a risk-based view.
- Roadmap & implementation: Delivers actionable findings, prioritised mitigation, and a tailored security improvement roadmap.
- Ongoing support: Includes onboarding to SecWise’s SOC service and continuous cyber expertise.
