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.