No File Left Behind
Does your organization manage extra large files via workflows using Amazon S3 that should be scanned for viruses or malware to meet compliance requirements and eliminate downstream risk but that can't be?
Workvivo Ensures Application Users are Free From Risk of Malware
Customer Challenge
Workvivo is a workplace employee communication platform that allows organizations to keep their employees engaged and up to date with what their colleagues are doing. Like many solutions hosted on AWS, Workvivo utilizes Amazon S3 as the data store for ingesting and sharing files with its application users. Since employees using the platform can upload videos, images, documents, and other files, Workvivo realized there was a need to ensure that uploaded files are scanned for viruses and malware before they are shared with downstream application users.
What's New: Antivirus for Amazon S3 Product Updates—4Q'21
Cloud Storage Security is always working to improve our users’ experience and we’re excited to share some of the new features and enhancements that we’ve added into Antivirus for Amazon S3 over the past few months — Cloud Detonation Analysis, Automatic Bucket Protection, Audit Logging, Multi-factor Authentication, and API Endpoint Enhancements. Plus, AWS launched upfront contract pricing for Container products and Antivirus for Amazon S3 by Cloud Storage Security was included!
Ransomware: The Hidden Threat in Cloud Storage
According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, “Roughly $350 million in ransom was paid to malicious cyber actors in 2020, a more than 300% increase from the previous year”. With Amazon S3 buckets continuously being the storage medium for uploaded files by most organizations, the attack surface is only increasing when an S3 bucket is left misconfigured and storing infected files.
Poka Makes Amazon S3 SOC2 Compliant with Cloud Storage Security
Customer Challenge
Cloud Storage Security Joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program
Also Announces Investment Funding from Mistral Venture Partners
Cloud Storage Security, creators of Antivirus for Amazon S3, announced two major milestones today in the growth of the cloud security company. The company has been accepted into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, a co-sell program for AWS Partners who provide software solutions that run or integrate with AWS. The program helps partners drive new business and accelerate sales cycles by connecting the participating ISVs with the AWS Sales organization.
Cloud Storage Security Integrates Sophos Advanced Virus Detection Engine to Deliver Enhanced Malware Protection for Amazon S3
Expert Advice from AWS Partner Solutions Architect On Securing Amazon S3
We are excited to announce that Rob Melka Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be a guest speaker for our webinar: Securing Amazon S3 in the Age of Covid 19.
The emergence of Amazon S3 as the center pin of cloud applications and the
increase of cyber-attacks during the Covid 19 pandemic have converged to make
Amazon S3 an emerging threat vector for malware and viruses.
Protect Your Amazon S3 Buckets
There is no doubt that as each day goes by, more and more data is migrating into cloud storage. The public cloud or IaaS as some call it, has become the new normal. Out of all the data store service providers out there like Azure blob store, Google Cloud, the largest by far is Amazon S3. It has gotten so large that Amazon acknowledged their store capacity in the excess of exabytes of storage and trillions of objects. Imagine the size of the earth is measured as one gigabyte.
Amazon S3 Security Best Practices
The Shared Responsibility Model for Object Storage
As malware attack vectors continue to grow and more and more security features are built above and below the delineation of “Security of the Cloud” (provided by AWS) and “Security in the Cloud” (your job), security teams will need to ensure a proper framework to protect their
applications and data.