Secure your digital investments with Netskope Cloud Exchange (CE)

Background

• In today's digital age, businesses of all sizes rely on technology to operate efficiently and effectively.

• It is essential for IT security leaders to protect their rapidly expanding corporate infrastructure and distributed workforce.

• With the rise of cyber threats, cybersecurity has become a crucial component of business strategy & operations.

• One of the most critical aspects of cybersecurity is security hardening, which involves implementing measures to protect systems and data from potential attacks.

What is Security Hardening

• Security hardening is a proactive cybersecurity approach aimed at fortifying the defenses of systems, networks, and applications. It involves configuring security controls inbuilt into product and controls provided by other solutions outside of the product such as perimeter security solutions i.e. firewalls, access restrictions, network restriction etc. to protect systems, services, applications against unauthorised access and abuse.

  • Protecting Sensitive Data

  • Preventing Data Breaches

  • Maintaining Business Continuity

  • Compliance Requirements

  • Protecting Intellectual Property

• Some of the key best practices of security hardening involve implementing:

  • Disabling unused ports and services

  • Firewall rules to restrict network access

  • Disabling unused service and user accounts

  • Reviewing audit of accounts periodically

  • Updating/upgrading systems to apply security patches regularly

  • Implementing MFA or certificate based access wherever possible

Netskope Cloud Exchange (CE) to the Rescue

• Netskope Cloud Exchange (CE) platform enables global organizations with powerful integration tools to leverage investments across their security posture.

Cloud Exchange

• Cloud Exchange (CE) shares business critical insights & telemetry from Netskope in the form of logs (events, alerts, web transactions), threat intelligence and risk scores optimizing security policy enforcement and governance via automated log export, ticketing, incident management

• Cloud Exchange (CE) empowers customers to protect their digital ecosystem by implementing security hardening with following procedures:

1. TLS 1.2 and 1.3 Support

2. Role Based Access Control

3. Restricted System Wide Connectivity

4. Well Defined Firewall & Proxy Rules

5. Resilient High Availability Clustering

6. API Rate Limiting for optimal performance

7. Password Policy & Management

8. IdP & SSO Support

9. Modular Monitoring & Reporting

10. Granular Auditing

Cloud Exchange Hardening - Netskope Knowledge Portal

Netskope's Secure Project Life Cycle Framework (NSPLF)

• Netskope Cloud Exchange (CE) platform is built on "Secure By Design" principles laid out by Netskope's Secure Project Life Cycle Framework (NSPLF)

• Netskope's Secure Project Life Cycle Framework (NSPLF) program allows software development teams to learn about security and privacy basics, specific technical issues and stay informed about recent trends in security and privacy.

• It covers foundational "Secure By Design" concepts such as

  • Attack Surface Reduction

  • Defense In Depth

  • Principle Of Least Privilege

  • Trusted Components and Communication Channels (Trust, But Verify)

  • Standards Compliance

  • Data Security and Privacy

  • Secure Defaults

  • Separation Of Duties
    Version Control

• Given below are the phases and outcomes pertaining to Netskope's Secure Project Life Cycle Framework (NSPLF):

1. Planning

a. Establish Security Requirements & Complete Security Assessment

2. Execution

a. Build Secure Architecture and System Security Plan
b. Secure Design w/ Threat Modelling
c. Secure Development w/ Code Reviews, Static/Dynamic Analysis, Vulnerability Scan, Penetration Testing

3. Deployment & Support

a. Production Readiness based on secure deployment and support response reports

• Netskope's Secure Project Life Cycle Framework (NSPLF) ensures that security requirements covering Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, Authorization, Accounting/Auditing/Logging, Configuration Management, Session Management, Input Validation, Output Encoding, API Security, Third Party & Open Source, Privacy, Error & Exception Handling are addressed.

• In summary, Netskope Cloud Exchange (CE) is built using security hardening best practices for organizations seeking to bolster their cybersecurity posture and safeguard their digital assets against evolving cyber threats.