Multi-Cloud
What is Multi-Cloud?
A strategy that uses cloud services from two or more cloud providers simultaneously. Multi-cloud approaches increase flexibility and reduce vendor lock-in but introduce complexity in security, compliance, and governance.
Terms that appear alongside multi-cloud
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as multi-cloud. The number is how many controls name both.
- transparency 5 shared controls
- cybersecurity 5 shared controls
- iso 27001 5 shared controls
- cloud security 5 shared controls
- nist 5 shared controls
- concentration risk 4 shared controls
- compliance 4 shared controls
- audit 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern multi-cloud
What the standards actually require on multi-cloud
Requirements naming multi-cloud across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Applies ZTA where applications and data sources are hosted across multiple cloud providers, securing direct cloud-to-cloud access without backhauling through the enterprise.
SP800-207-SC-MULTICLOUD · Deployment Scenario: Multi-cloud / Cloud-to-Cloud Enterprise →HKMA TM-G-1 Cyber + Audit + Outsourcing + Cloud. (1) SECURITY MONITORING AND SIEM (TM-G-1.7.1) - SIEM + SOC + 24x7 monitoring + log management + correlation + use cases + alert handling + escalation + UEBA + behavior analytics + SOAR automation + threat detect...
HKMA-TMG1-Cyber-Monitoring-Threat-Intel-IR-Audit-Outsource-Cloud · TM-G-1 Security Monitoring + SIEM + Threat Intel + Cyber IR + Audit + Outsourcing + Cloud Computing Risk →Automated functionality identifies processes that move data (ETL, ELT, intentional duplication, data delivery, streaming) and records lineage metadata for them;
edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::6.2.1 · 6.2.1 Multi-environment lineage discovery is automated →Coordination positions ICDPA within the broader US and international privacy regulatory landscape. (1) Utah UCPA Template Parent: Iowa CDPA most closely follows Utah CDPA (UCPA effective 31 December 2023) template - shared narrow Sale definition + opt-out (NOT...
ICDPA-Coord-USStatePrivacy-UCPA-Template-VCDPA-CPA-CTDPA-Federal-FTC-GDPR-International · Iowa CDPA Coordination - Utah CDPA Template Parent + US State Privacy Patchwork + Federal Sectoral (HIPAA/GLBA/FCRA/FERPA/COPPA) + FTC Section 5 + GDPR + India DPDP + International →Article 12 of the Kazakhstan PDPL establishes the data localization requirement for biometric personal data of Kazakhstan citizens and residents - a key sovereignty provision strengthened by the 2022 amendment.
KZ-PDPL-Biometric-Data-Localization-Article12-Server-Kazakhstan-On-Soil-Data-Storage-Citizens-Residents · Kazakhstan PDPL Biometric Data Localization + Article 12 + Mandatory Server Storage in Kazakhstan + 2022 Amendment + Citizens + Residents + Foreign Cloud Provider Restrictions + Data Sovereignty + State Service for Information Security Oversight →Apply Section 7.4 availability and resilience planning including: cloud availability SLA assessment (99.95% + 99.99% + 99.999%) + outage credits + service-level objectives (SLOs) + Service Level Indicators (SLIs) + multi-AZ + multi-region + multi-cloud + activ...
NISTSP144-6 · Availability, Resilience, BCP/DR, and SLA Management →Questions people ask about multi-cloud
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