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Cloud Security for Startups
Release Date: 11/20/2017
As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup, it’s important to build solid security foundations in order to gain and maintain customers’ trust. SaaS startups should view security as an essential foundation of their company, as well as a competitive advantage that influences potential customers. In this document, we provide an outline of cloud security best practices that SaaS organizations should follow, including guidelines for application security, platform security, and security management, and provide some quick tips along the way. This document provides a security roadmap that you can follow as your company progresses through its cloud journey. We also provide a list of which controls should be implemented during each phase of a startup’s growth.
All together, these guidelines should help SaaS startups meet the most important security and privacy requirements presented by customers considering new services and products.
Key Takeaways: Besides providing cloud security recommendations, this document covers the following specific areas of security (and more):
- Authentication and authorization
- Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC)
- Management dashboard
- Data flows and network separation
- Encryption and key management
- Transparency
- Industry standards
- Incident response
Who It’s For: This document is designed for founders, CTOs, product managers, and architects of cloud-based startups that are developing on public Infrastructure-as-a-Service/Platform-as-a-Service (IaaS/PaaS).
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Srinivas Tatipamula
Principal Security Advisor
Srinivas Tatipamula
Principal Security Advisor
C-CISO|CISSP|CISA|AWS CSS|AWS CSA|CDPSE|CISM|CGEIT|CRISC|ISO 27000LA|CCSK|ITIL-F|PMP|Bachelor of Economics (Hons)|Bachelor of Law| MS in Digital Forensics
Overall 30 plus years in IT and over 18 years in Cyber Security
Publications:
1. Cloud Security Alliance Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group IoT Security Controls Guide Version Published March 2019
2. CSA IoT Controls Matrix March 2019
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