Amazon Cloud Computing Division Introduced New Cyber Security Services
United
States: Amazon, an
American electronic commerce and cloud computing company, recently unveiled new
cyber security services for its customers against the backdrop of increased
cyber threats.
Amazon Web Services introduced AWS
shield which will turned on for all its customer to protect them against the distributed
denial of service attacks that can blow websites offline by flooding junk and
irrelevant data.
The company introduced two level of
protection. AWS shield standard monitors web traffic which uses algorithm and
analysis techniques to detect malicious traffic in real time. Amazon Web
Service also launched AWS shield advanced, which will cost USD3000 per month, to
protect against more aggressive and sophisticated attacks.
TechSci Research depicts that cyber
security services would play a vital role in protecting personal and corporate
information from data theft as breaching of information is highly susceptible
to internet users. Data security is of utmost importance when companies make
transition from their own data centres to other computing services over the
web.
According to TechSci Research report “Global
Cyber Security Market
By Security Type, By Solutions, By End
Use Industry, By Region, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2011-2021”, global market for cyber
security is projected to surpass US$ 137 billion by 2021. Growing trend of
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), rising adoption of cloud computing, expanding
market for Internet of Things (IoT) are expected to continue driving the cyber
security market across the globe over the next five years.