Companies are increasingly relying on cloud hosting for ERP and other enterprise software. While companies are often attracted to the cloud by lower costs and convenience, the cloud also offers significant advantages in cybersecurity protection when compared to traditional corporate network and hybrid solutions. Cloud ERP security benefits include network management by specialized personnel, automated patching, enhanced monitoring, access controls, protection from large scale attacks, and the latest encryption standards.

A recent security experiment emphasized why local corporate networks are so hard to protect. In a research study by Google and two universities, 300 USB drives were distributed around a college campus. Many of these USB drives were picked up within minutes and nearly half were plugged into a computer, thereby providing an opening for potential malicious software stored on the USB drive. If IT employees were impacted instead of college students, each USB drive could be a hacking weapon striking directly into the heart of a corporate security system.

The Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) personnel should protect the data crossing a public or shared infrastructure.

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