You are currently viewing Building a Solid Cloud Security Strategy

Building a Solid Cloud Security Strategy

  • Post author:
  • Reading time:10 mins read

83% of companies experienced at least one cloud-related security incident in the past year!

The cloud has transformed how we work — it’s fast, flexible, and everywhere. However, as organizations accelerate their cloud adoption, cyber threats are accelerating even faster. From exposed databases to unpatched workloads and misconfigured services, the risks are real and rising.

This highlights the importance of having a rock-solid cloud security strategy in place.

But what exactly makes a good cloud security strategy? And how can your organization implement one without getting lost in complexity?

Let’s break it down into simple, actionable steps that every business, regardless of size, can adopt.

The State of Cloud Security Today

  • Cloud breaches cost organizations an average of $4.1 million per incident (IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2024).
  • Over 95% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault. ( Gartner Security Report, 2024).
  • The top causes? Misconfigurations, lack of visibility, and poor patch hygiene.

The 6 Pillars of a Solid Cloud Security Strategy

To build a future-ready cloud security posture, organizations should focus on these six key areas:

1. Continuous Asset Visibility

You can’t protect what you can’t see. Real-time visibility into all assets is foundational.

Things to do:

  • Continuously discover all cloud and endpoint assets, including shadow IT
  • Tag and classify assets
  • Monitor for unauthorized or unmanaged devices

Red flags:

  • Unknown devices accessing your cloud
  • Assets that got untracked for long periods

How can Saner Cloud help?

Saner Cloud offers automated asset discovery and inventory management across cloud and on-premises systems, giving you a real-time, unified view of all assets.

2. Automated Vulnerability Management

Patching vulnerabilities manually is not scalable. The average time to patch in most orgs is over 60 days, but attackers exploit within 48 hours.

Things to do:

  • Scan frequently (daily or continuously) for vulnerabilities across OS, software, and configurations
  • Prioritize based on CVSS scores, exploitability, and asset criticality
  • Automate patching wherever possible

Red flags

  • Long patching cycles
  • Manual processes that delay remediation

How can Saner Cloud help?

Saner Cloud features one of the fastest vulnerability scanners, with remediation orchestration built in. This allows organizations to patch at scale in minutes, not days.

3. Misconfiguration Management

Misconfigurations in cloud services are the #1 cause of cloud breaches.

Things to do:

  • Regularly audit configurations against benchmarks like CIS, NIST, and ISO
  • Use automation to detect and fix drifts
  • Harden OS, services, and applications with secure baselines

Red flags:

  • The default settings are left unchanged.
  • Unrestricted permissions on cloud storage

How can Saner Cloud help?

Saner Cloud continuously evaluates your system against leading hardening guides and lets you automatically correct insecure settings.

4. Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement

Regulations like HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and GDPR require proof of continuous compliance.

Things to do:

  • Map your cloud posture against frameworks like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and ISO 27001.
  • Establish controls and automate enforcement.
  • Generate real-time, auditable reports.

Red flags:

  • Manual compliance tracking.
  • Disconnected tools with siloed compliance data.

How can Saner Cloud help?

Saner Cloud provides ready-to-use compliance templates, live dashboards, and real-time alerts, helping you stay compliant, continuously.

5. Integrated Endpoint and Cloud Workload Protection

Cloud workloads and endpoints are often the first point of compromise. If one is exposed, the whole environment is at risk.

Things to do:

  • Harden all workloads
  • Protect endpoints from malware, unauthorized access, and misuse
  • Ensure consistent controls across hybrid environments

Red flags:

  • Security tools only covering on-prem or cloud, not both.
  • Lack of control over remote endpoints.

How can Saner Cloud help?

With a single lightweight agent, Saner Cloud protects both endpoints and cloud workloads, delivering visibility, vulnerability protection, and compliance from one dashboard.

6. Real-time Risk Assessment and Actionable Insights

You need to know where the cause is, not just that one exists.

Things to do:

  • Calculate real-time risk scores for each device or workload.
  • Identify the most exploitable gaps.
  • Receive contextual guidance on what to fix first.

Red flags:

  • Generic alerts without prioritization.

How can Saner Cloud help?

Saner Cloud gives each asset a dynamic risk score, powered by threat intelligence and compliance posture. This score helps you determine what to fix first and how to fix it.

Why Choose Saner Cloud for Your Cloud Security Journey?

SecPod Saner Cloud is your go-to platform if you’re serious about cloud security. It meets every requirement of the strategy above and goes beyond.

? Unified console
? Lightweight agent
? Fastest scanning engine
? Built-in compliance templates
? Auto-remediation with zero manual intervention

With Saner Cloud, you don’t just monitor, you act.

Ready to see Saner Cloud in action? Request a Demo Now

Final Thoughts

Your cloud is only as secure as the strategy behind it. By focusing on visibility, automation, compliance, and continuous risk reduction, you can build a cloud fortress, not just a house of cards.

And the best part? You don’t have to build it alone.

Saner Cloud is purpose-built to help you implement this entire strategy and future-proof your business.