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Cloud services security Prof. Manel Medina Head of Unit CERT Operations support ENISA manel.medina@enisa.europa.eu. About ENISA. The European Network and Information Security Agency gives advice on information security issues to national authorities, EU institutions, citizens, businesses
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Cloud services securityProf. Manel MedinaHead of Unit CERT Operations supportENISAmanel.medina@enisa.europa.eu
About ENISA • The European Network and Information Security Agency • gives advice on information security issues • to national authorities, EU institutions, citizens, businesses • acts as a forum for sharing good NIS practices • facilitates information exchange and collaboration • Set up in 2004 – EC proposed a new mandate for 2013. New mandate pending of Council and Parliament approval. • Around 35 security experts and 25 supporting staff. • ENISA has an advisory role (not operational) and the focus is on prevention and preparedness.
Information Security Risks information security risks time
Part of the solution Part of the solution Cloud computing Smartphones and apps Social media
ENISA’s cloud security work • 2009 Cloud computing risk assessment • 2009 Cloud security control framework • 2011 Security and resilience for gov clouds • 2011 Security parameters in gov cloud SLAs • 2011 EU Cloud strategy • 2012 Procure secure • 2012 Critical clouds
Resilience Resilience
From periodic certification to continuous monitoring Cloud security; if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it
Procure secure • Work started as an ENISA/OASIS/CSA workshop • Guide for customers on monitoring security parameters of cloud services • Checklist with questions to ask • 8 security parameters • What and How to measure. Independence? • When to rise a flag? Responsible (Customer/Provider)? • Examples of security parameters • Service availability • Incident response • Vulnerability management
Procure secure: security parameters • Service availability: monitoring, thresholds • Incident response: Severity classification, management capabilities • Service elasticity and load tolerance: burst tests, who? • Data life-cycle management: back-up frequency & integrity • Technical compliance and Vulnerability management: Configuration, patches, vulnerability discovery & reporting, 3rdparty • Change management: Notification, critical periods, loss of certification status • Data isolation: categories of data, independent test? • Log management and forensics: frequency, granularity, availability, cross checking
Contact Dr. Marnix Dekker <marnix.dekker@enisa.europa.eu>Prof. Manel Medina <manel.medina@enisa.europa.eu>About securely moving to smartphones and cloud computinghttp://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/application-securitySecurity parameters in Cloud SLAshttp://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/application-security/test/procure-secure-a-guide-to-monitoring-of-security-service-levels-in-cloud-contracts