While there are likely a number of different security-critical cloud resources in your environment for which misconfiguration poses serious risk, it’s generally a good rule to start with your network (Azure Virtual Network) and the cloud equivalent of firewalls (Network Security Groups) when implementing automated remediation.Ī dynamically-generated visual diagram of a simple Azure environment using Fugue. The key here is prevention, and that means using automated remediation for security-critical resources to correct misconfigurations before they can be exploited. Traditional security analysis and alerting tools can’t detect and prevent modern cloud misconfiguration attacks, which don’t traverse traditional networks and don’t typically leave any noticeable trace. Even if you follow best practices in configuring your cloud resources securely upon provisioning, configuration drift between approved deployments is inevitable-drift that often results in dangerous misconfigurations. Neil MacDonald, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner ( Innovation Insight for Cloud Security Posture Management, Gartner 2019)ĬSPM is focused on detecting and remediating cloud misconfiguration vulnerabilities that can lead to compliance violations and data breaches-and doing so before the bad guys can find and exploit them using their own discovery automation tools. Security and risk management leaders should invest in cloud security posture management processes and tools to proactively and reactively identify and remediate these risks.” “Nearly all successful attacks on cloud services are the result of customer misconfiguration, mismanagement and mistakes. That’s where Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) comes in to help ensure that cloud environments are configured securely and in accordance with various compliance policies. Engineers can innovate really fast, spinning resources up and down on demand, and we only pay for what we use.īut constant change brings risk of misconfiguration that frequently results in compliance violations, security incidents, or major data breaches. Cloud computing platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are powerful because we can program them to respond to our application requirements automatically.
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