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Cloud Security Risks Due to Misconfiguration

Cloud Security Risks Due to Misconfiguration

With the cloud environment continuing to gain popularity, we will see more companies migrating to the cloud in the coming years. The importance of properly configuring their environments will be paramount for companies to be successful. Check Point’s “2022 Cloud Security Report” shows that 27% of companies have experienced a cybersecurity incident in their public cloud infrastructure within the last 12 months. Almost a quarter (23%) of these were caused by security misconfigurations in cloud infrastructure.

Multi-cloud environments can be complicated, and detecting and manually remediating
mistakes can be tough. Although the master data is configured with all security standards, poorly configured backup data will remain vulnerable and exposed to threats. When the infrastructure is getting more complex, e.g., adding more components or containers, human errors can be easily created, especially with the addition of 3rd party components where incompatibility issues can create a potential breach.



Mitigating Controls:
● Risk Assessments: Conduct regular cybersecurity risk assessments such as behavior-based analysis to identify potential patterns of threat in the cloud storage and network infrastructure, especially during data migration and application deployment operations to the cloud.
● Access Controls: Follow the best practices for IAM and Resource-Based access control, and use the principle of least privilege. This will help to avoid exposure to sensitive APIs and help reduce the surface area of the attack.
● Perform Audits: Perform quarterly audits focusing on access rights to ensure specific and qualified individuals have admin rights rather than granting access on a large scale.
● Deployment Controls: Avoid using development settings in the production environment, like classified debugging information in the security console may be overlooked due to human errors and cause a major data breach post-deployment.
● Port Assessment: Regularly test port access. Only ports absolutely required for the business should be open, all others should be closed.
● Backup Protection: Ensure the backups are encrypted at rest as well as in transit and verify the permissions, keep them up to date.

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