Organizations around the world are embracing the benefits of shifting their workloads, apps, and services to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other popular cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers. Gartner predicts that of the global enterprises already using the cloud today, over half will have an all-in approach to the cloud by 2021[1]
At the same time, cloud security concerns continue to rise. According to a 2018 Cloud Security Report from Cybersecurity Insiders,[2] 91% of respondents are concerned about cloud security, an increase of 11% over last year’s report. While security concerns haven’t slowed down the migration of workloads to the cloud, by examining these in detail, we can learn how to avoid making costly mistakes that leave our data exposed.
The truth is the top 3 biggest security concerns are all based on operational error. The bad news is, left exposed, these mistakes provide huge gaps an attacker can walk right through. Because of that, continuous security monitoring of your AWS assets, configuration, and infrastructure is essential. The good news? You can fix these, and we’ll tell you how.