Discover the top 10 cloud security tools to adopt in 2024 and protect your data from threats. Stay ahead in cybersecurity with these essential tools.

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Top 10 Cloud Security Tools toAdopt in 2024
• Introduction
• Cloud Security Tools
• Cisco Cloudlock
• AWS Config.
• Microsoft Tools
• Google Cloud Security Command Center (SCC)
• IBM Cloud PAK for Security
• Splunk
• Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto
• Orca Security
• Cloud Flare
• HashiCorp Vault
• Conclusion
• Why Sparity?
Introduction
Cloud security is the practice of protecting data, applications, and infrastructure in cloud
environments. Cloud security tools are solutions designed to mitigate risks and ensure the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud resources. These tools offer features like
risk prevention, visibility, and runtime protection to safeguard against cyber threats.
Join us as we delve into various cloud security tools designed to mitigate risks, offer
visibility, and ensure robust protection. Explore how these tools empower businesses to
secure their data, applications, and infrastructure across different cloud platforms, defending
against evolving cyber threats.
Cisco Cloudlock
Feature Description
User/Entity Behavior Analytics
Detects insider threats & compromised accounts in
clouds.

2. Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Identifies & protects sensitive financial/personal data.
Cloudlock Apps Firewall
Secures apps, IDs cloud malware, enhances OAuth
security.
Automatic Cloud App Discovery
Auto-discovers connected apps, provides user/data
visibility.
Real-time Monitoring & Response
Monitors user activities, responds to events in real-
time.
Holistic View Across Cloud Apps
Provides comprehensive user/data view across cloud
apps.
Integration with Network Security &
IAM
Integrates with existing solutions for enhanced
control.
Pre-defined & Customizable Policies Offers 80+ customizable policies for data security.
Activity Tracking & Logging via
APIs
Monitors user activities in Office 365, Google, etc.
AWS Config.
Feature Description
Configuration history of resources Track changes to resource configurations over time.
Configuration history of software Monitor changes to software configurations within your resources.
Resource relationships tracking Understand the relationships between AWS resources.
Configurable and customizable rules
Create custom rules to evaluate the configuration settings of your
AWS resources.
Conformance packs Pre-packaged sets of rules to help with compliance requirements.
Multi-account, multi-Region data
aggregation
Aggregate configuration and compliance data across multiple
accounts and regions.
Querying configuration state
Use SQL-like queries to retrieve current and historical
configurations.
Extensibility
Extend AWS Config functionality with custom solutions and
integrations.
Configuration snapshots Capture point-in-time configurations of your AWS resources.
Cloud governance dashboard
Gain insights into your compliance and governance posture with a
dashboard view.
Integrations Integrate with various AWS services for enhanced functionality
Microsoft Tools
Feature Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Security Center
Overview
Cloud-native security solution for Azure
and hybrid environments
Cloud-native security
posture management and
threat protection for Azure

3. Feature Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Security Center
Secure Score
Offers insights and recommendations to
improve security posture
Calculates and helps
improve the overall
security posture
Advanced
Behavioral
Analytics
Utilizes AI-driven analytics to detect
suspicious activities
Analyzes behaviors and
applies machine learning
for detection
Secure
Configuration
Management
Helps ensure secure configurations for
resources
Monitors configurations
and provides best practice
guidance
File Integrity
Monitoring
Monitors files for unauthorized changes Alerts on unauthorized
changes to files
Network Security
Group (NSG) Flow
Logs
Provides visibility into NSG traffic and logs
Logs and analyzes
network traffic for security
insights
Just-In-Time (JIT)
Access
Enables temporary access to resources for a
specific time
Controls and manages
temporary access to
resources
Adaptive
Application
Controls
Whitelists known good applications for
better security
Controls which
applications can run on
virtual machines
Insider Threat
Detection
Helps identify risky user activities and
potential threats
Detects and alerts on
suspicious user behavior
Integration with
SIEM and SOAR
tools
Connects with Security Information and
Event Management (SIEM) and Security
Orchestration, Automation, and Response
(SOAR) solutions
Integrates with external
tools for extended security
capabilities
Advanced Threat
Hunting
Proactively hunts for advanced threats
within the environment
Offers tools and
techniques for threat
hunting activities
Multi-Cloud
Support
Extends security capabilities to multiple
cloud environments
Focuses on security within
the Azure environment
only
Google Cloud Security Command Center (SCC)

4. Feature Description
Built-in Remediation
Auto-creates cases for high-risk cloud issues, assigns for
investigation, and uses playbooks for remediation. Integrates with
ITSM.
Threat Detection
Uses Mandiant intel to detect and stop cyber threats, including IOCs
and malicious files.
Continuous Risk
Engine
Understands cloud envs, simulates attacks, and provides insights
with a risk dashboard.
Cloud Posture
Management
Identifies misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues
in multi-cloud environments.
Shift Left Security
Developers access validated software, DevOps define security
controls, and IaC scanning ensures policy compliance.
Cloud Identity &
Entitlement Mgmt
Manages cloud identities, identifies excessive access, and
recommends permission removal.
Mandiant Hunt
Proactively hunts threats in cloud data using Mandiant experts, TTP
knowledge, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
IBM Cloud PAK for Security
Feature Description
Understand your cyber risk with IBM
X-Force threat intelligence
Unified dashboard, AI, integrate with existing
infrastructure, open security.
Modernize your security architecture
Deploy on premises, private/public cloud, or as
SaaS.
Deploy cross-cutting use cases Break silos, unify data for better risk posture.
Get prioritized, actionable threat
intelligence
Prioritize threats, scan data sources, act fast.
Federate search across disparate tools
Federated investigations, connect insights, boost
efficiency.
Get a unified view of business risk
Contextualize risk data, prioritize issues, investigate,
track trends.
Use cases by capability
Detect/respond breaches, prevent account takeovers,
detect vulnerabilities, mitigate risks.
Splunk
Feature Description
Search, Analysis, and
Visualization
Cloud-powered insights for data analytics. Search, analyze, and
visualize petabyte-scale data from hybrid clouds for actionable
insights.

5. Feature Description
SIEM for Threat
Detection
Industry-leading SIEM for quick threat detection, investigation, and
response. Automatically identifies complex threats like phishing and
malware.
Automation and
Orchestration
Empowers teams with automation, boosting productivity and
response speed to security incidents.
Compliance
Adhere to compliance with a data-centric approach, reducing
operational overhead and costs.
Incident Management
Quickly investigate and combat security threats with powerful
analytics, responding within seconds of detection.
Security Monitoring
Centralizes and analyzes data from any source for end-to-end
security visibility.
Threat Hunting
Proactive measures to uncover potential threats and raise awareness
of unseen risks.
Advanced Threat
Detection
Detects network and host activities indicating advanced threats, with
complex searches and user-defined thresholds.
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto
Feature Description
IaC Security Identify and fix misconfigurations in IaC templates.
Secrets Sec. Secure exposed secrets in repositories and pipelines.
CI/CD Sec. Harden CI/CD pipelines, reduce attack surface.
Visibility Continuous visibility over misconfigurations, data, and vulnerabilities.
CSPM Monitor, detect risks, and maintain compliance.
CIEM Control permissions in multicloud environments.
Workload Scanning Scan hosts, containers, Kubernetes for threats.
Data Security Identify data and scan for malware in public cloud storage.
API Visibility Discover and protect APIs in cloud-native apps.
Exposure Mgmt Increase control over exposed cloud assets.
Runtime Protection Real-time protection for workloads, apps, and APIs.
Threat Detect Detect advanced threats and anomalies.
Host Sec. Secure cloud VMs in public/private clouds.
Container Sec. Secure containers and Kubernetes platforms.
Serverless Sec. Secure serverless functions in app lifecycle.
Web App Sec. Protect web apps and APIs in public/private clouds.

6. Orca Security
Solution Description
Cloud Security Posture
Management
Monitor, identify, and fix cloud misconfigurations. Includes
posture management, automated remediation, IaC scanning,
and reporting.
Cloud Workload
Protection
Protect cloud resources, prioritize risks, manage
vulnerabilities, identify malware, and integrate security.
Cloud Infrastructure
Entitlement Management
Detect identity misconfigurations, ensure least-privilege
access, and monitor identity hygiene. Integrated with SSO and
IDP.
Multi-Cloud Compliance
Achieve compliance with 100+ frameworks, CIS Benchmarks,
and custom checks across clouds, covering your estate for
compliance.
Vulnerability and Patch
Management
Manage vulnerabilities across VMs, containers, and serverless
functions.
Shift Left Security
Scan IaC templates and container images for vulnerabilities,
secrets, misconfigurations, and malware early in development.
Cloud Flare
Feature Description
Zero Trust Network
Access (ZTNA)
Enforce Zero Trust rules for users accessing applications, faster
and safer than a VPN.
Secure Web Gateway
(SWG)
Securely inspect corporate Internet traffic to prevent phishing,
ransomware, and other risks.
Remote Browser
Isolation (RBI)
Protect against Internet threats and data breaches by isolating
browsing sessions from endpoints.
Cloud Access Security
Broker (CASB)
Secure SaaS tools, control user access, and protect sensitive data
easily.
Cloud Email Security
Preemptively protect users from phishing, BEC, and email supply
chain attacks.
Data Loss Prevention
(DLP)
Inspect HTTP/S traffic for sensitive data like PII and prevent
exfiltration with policies.
Magic WAN
Connect and secure branch offices, headquarters, data centers,
cloud VPCs, and SD-WANs with Cloudflare's network.
Magic Firewall
Enforce network security policies across WAN without traffic
backhauling or choke points.

7. HashiCorp Vault
Feature Description
Static
Centralized storage for key/value pair secrets across applications, services, and
infrastructure.
Namespaces Secure isolation for teams or tenants with least privileged access.
Auth Assign user policies using various authentication methods.
Integrations Connect with partners and identity providers for authentication and monitoring.
Access Simplify access control with single policy enforcement.
Dynamic On-demand, short-lived secrets tailored for applications and users.
HA High availability for disaster recovery across regions.
Sync Automate secret management and policies across cloud providers.
Conclusion
Cloud security tools play a vital role in safeguarding data integrity and ensuring the smooth
operation of cloud environments.
As we listed in our comprehensive features, when choosing the right cloud security tools,
thoroughly assess your business requirements and data volume. Services offered by providers
may exceed or not align with your needs. Conduct a comprehensive assessment, considering
costs, scalability, security, and integration, ensuring alignment with your business goals.
Why Sparity
Sparity's expertise in cloud computing and security, coupled with a suite of cutting-edge
cloud security tools, can benefit your business. Our tailored solutions mitigate risks and
ensure optimal cloud performance, offering industry-leading protection. Sparity can be your
perfect cloud consulting partner empowers your organization to safeguard data and
infrastructure effectively.