Approaching a new security model in cloud computing

Description

In the startup world, you’re constantly evaluating your infrastructure to improve security controls for your platform. Evaluations at Welkin identified key areas for improvement, leading the company to adopt a new security model: BeyondCorp. BeyondCorp is an enterprise security model created and improved upon by Google. It assigns access controls to individual devices and users rather than networks. This gives employees secure remote data access without relying on virtual private networks (VPNs).

Jibby Ayo-Ani walks you through an approach to the BeyondCorp model, during which she identified three major projects to improve security standards as a whole: a modern alternative for replacing a secure shell (SSH) connection, identity-aware proxies, and device trust, which ensures that only known and secured devices can access the company’s managed infrastructure. Jibby explores what it looks like to approach security from a ground up approach, implementing all of these measures to greatly improve cloud security posture. You’ll leave empowered to implement these higher standard security measures at your own company.