Next steps

Well done! You now know some of the key principles in being secure on the Nectar Cloud.

You should now be able to:

Before launching a virtual machine you can:

• Understand and use Security Groups
• Create, encrypt and use Private Keys for authentication

While using your Virtual Machine you can:

• Know how to keep the Virtual Machine updated
• Understand account permissions, and using sudo
• Know to encrypt web communications & add authentication to private dashboards

What to do on your local computer:

• Keeping the computer updated
• Use two factor authentication for accounts where possible
• Using a password manager

Further information
Our Knowledge base has a dedicated Security Guidelines documentation here.