Enterprises want to take advantage of the flexibility and cost benefits of running applications in the public cloud. To balance the benefits and risks, the enterprise needs to deliver consistent security compliance across both private and public clouds. The key issues are: • Security compliance is up to 40% of the cost of managing cloud applications. • Manual security compliance is slow, error prone, and insecure. • 50% of public cloud VM security parameters are configured incorrectly. • 95% of public cloud VM security parameters can be configured automatically significantly reducing costs and human error. Reducing Costs and Risks through Automated Security Compliance Across Clouds Raxak Protect is a SaaS-based security offering that empowers IT and application development teams, by automating and simplifying security compliance across private and public clouds. Key features include: • leading edge security profiles based on Defense Information System Agency Guidelines or STIGs. • automatic integration of security profiles, so cloud apps can be deployed quickly, cost-effectively and without human error. • consistent security profiles across clouds enabling the same level of protection. • one-touch security compliance through IT service catalog tools like HP Cloud Service Automation, enabling all users to protect enterprise data. • full application lifecycle security through integration into DevOps For more information, go to http://www.cloudraxak.com/resource/ and download our free guide to Securing Applications in the Cloud.