Cloud Application Security Tools and Solutions
Organizations can implement all kinds of tools and solutions to boost the security of their cloud application portfolios. These solutions can assess and address threats, modify auditing permissions and access rights, implement encryption, and also add security features to prevent vulnerabilities from cropping up in application code.
Some tools are suited to secure specific elements of an application, while others can protect entire applications. Moreover, specialized tools that are available for various kinds of applications are as follows:
- Internal applications
- External or third-party applications
- Mobile applications
- Network-based applications
- Web applications
- APIs
Some application security tools can also protect legacy applications and microservices (on-premises and cloud-based). Any of these applications may be used by the organization’s internal teams or by external stakeholders, such as...
