PracticalPractical Guide to ANSI X9.125 Secure and Compliant Cloud Lifecycle Management Guide to ANSI X9.125 Secure and Compliant Cloud Lifecycle Management

This book offers a comprehensive, practical guide to implementing the ANSI X9.125 standard for secure and compliant cloud management, tailored for organizations navigating the complex cloud lifecycle. ANSI X9.125 addresses the unique security, governance, and regulatory challenges associated with cloud adoption, especially for regulated industries such as financial services.

The book is structured into five key parts, beginning with foundational concepts that explain the standard’s structure, terminology, and relationship to other frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, and FFIEC. It establishes core risk management principles, cloud threat models, and governance frameworks necessary to build a compliant cloud environment.

Next, it focuses on transitioning to the cloud securely by guiding readers through readiness assessments, vendor due diligence, secure architecture design, and migration best practices. Practical case studies and actionable checklists empower readers to execute cloud transitions while maintaining compliance.

Maintaining governance in live cloud environments is a central theme, with detailed chapters on ongoing compliance monitoring, incident detection and response, data retention and privacy controls, and audit preparedness. These sections emphasize automation, cloud-native tools, and real-world lessons to foster resilience.

The book also addresses exiting or migrating away from cloud providers safely, outlining playbooks and timelines to ensure controlled cloud exits without compliance gaps or data loss.

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Release date

Ebook: 21 May 2025