Cloud is here to stay. There are no two ways about it. The question to ask is whether or not you are ready for it. Here’s a quick primer on how to stay on top of your cloud game – Build your cloud skills – if you want to be in the fast lane on your…
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Best Practices on OCI Part 3: Logging & Monitoring
Here are some key recommendations for configuring logging and monitoring on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure audit log retention period is set to 365 days – Log retention controls how long activity logs should be retained. Studies have shown that The Mean Time to Detect(MTTD) a cyber breach is anywhere from 30 days in some sectors to up…
Best Practices on OCI Part 2: Network
Here are some key recommendations for configuring your virtual Network on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure no security lists or network security groups allow ingress from 0.0.0.0/0 to port 22 – Removing unfettered connectivity to remote console services, such as Secure Shell (SSH), reduces a server’s exposure to risk. Ensure no security lists or network security groups…
Best Practices on OCI Part 1: IAM
Here are some key recommendations for Identity and Access Management on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure service level admins are created to manage resources of particular service -Creating service-level administrators helps in tightly controlling access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services to implement the least-privileged security principle. Ensure permissions on all resources are given only to…