Preventing Data Breaches is a shared responsibility
Data breaches
Security protocol has always been an integral issue in connected technologies. It is required to put safety measures in place to prevent intrusions or breaches. The cloud creates challenging security issues due to the distributed nature of its infrastructure and its connectedness. Your database, user interface and other access points might be running from different physical devices hence creating a highly distributed platform model of solution delivery. While running enterprise solutions on a distributed platform offers significant advantages, the prospect of not having total control over ERP infrastructure can be a security issue if not properly addressed and managed.
Mobility is a boon as a productivity enabler but IT departments have now have to deal with the problem of ERP security threats across a wide range of devices and locations or face security hiccups.
Some companies choose a hybrid approach to ERP implementation, as hybrid clouds typically allow businesses to run the most security-intensive parts of the ERP software within their premises, ensuring that they control regulatory compliance. This approach is cumbersome, but it still does not make hybrid cloud systems immune to security flaws.
Most relevant cloud enterprise solutions are more secure than on-premise solutions with billions of dollars and the best minds being used to ensure security. The problem is the human element that must be managed properly across all interfaces or all the safeguards will be worth nothing. The best way that security can be managed is through user policies and protocol that emulate best practices. By evaluating an employee’s adherence to policies regularly, the employer can prevent the majority of accidental leaks that often occur as a result of negligence. Policies are of no use though however without leadership commitment and enforced adherence.
Some applications help to improve cloud ERP security by giving data an added layer of protection over what can be accessed, who can access it, and what can be done with the data. Apart from access control, it is also necessary to constantly monitor logs of cloud access for identifying anomalies that may show historical behavior of tampering or hacking.
The sad part is that a lot of cloud users do not have appropriate security policies or protocol in place and they just put the onus on the service provider or the solution provider. This is a big mistake as there is a limit to how much your solution vendor can help. He/she can show you how to walk the talk, but he/she cannot walk for you. It is a shared commitment that must be enforced and managed.
The ERP customer should create the right procedures and protocol with the solution vendor keeping in mind the solution & environment features and limitations with consensus from all process stakeholders/users before putting it into operation. These procedures and protocol must take into account any inherent flaws in the solution/environment with early warning systems and checks to avoid any possible threats. The last part is important as no solution can claim to be totally immune to any security threat.
The right security tools are not being used by those operating in a cloud environment. As per an industry report, a majority of users are still using VPN connections, but only a third of them are using firewalls or encrypting data for better security, only 15% were using measures to secure sensitive data. Use the recommended tools to enhance security to fool proof your security competence.
While the responsibility of the cloud environment and solution vendor cannot be taken away, the customer and the user must also play their part to prevent against security threats.
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Reference:
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