In an effort to modernize technology infrastructure, cloud-native IT architectures also attract cyber risks to businesses. Cloud-native threats such as control plane hacks, improperly configured cloud resources, and credential theft are a few concerns.
According to the study, security breaches don't just affect an organization’s data but also the credentials stored, particularly those related to cloud security infrastructure.
In the most recent Uber breach, hackers were able to acquire the company's login information for Google Workspace and Amazon Web Services by employing social engineering techniques. It is apparent that data breaches are creeping into cloud app security environments.
What cybercriminals are looking for in cloud premises?
Attackers are scanning through S3 buckets, blob storage, and other open storage sites in search of credentials for cloud security services. Additionally, they scan GitHub repositories for SSH and SSL vulnerabilities and monitor developer posts on Stack Overflow.
As a result, developers are being compelled to focus more on cloud security and cloud application security. Although businesses and their developers are becoming more aware of the necessity of application security, cloud security is still frequently approached as a separate issue.
The dilemma with “shared responsibility”
The "shared responsibility" concept of cloud app security makes things more challenging. Instead of focusing on their infrastructure and code security, developers and their managers rely on cloud application security safeguards.
What do numbers say?
- Snyk’s 2022 State of Cloud Security Report states that 80% of organizations experienced a "serious cloud security incident" during the past year.
- Of those, 33% suffered a cloud data breach, and 26% had a cloud data leak. A further 27% detected an intrusion into their environment.
Around 89% of companies last year that used the cloud to host applications that had migrated from a data center were the most likely to report serious cloud app security incidents.
Any likely solutions
Knowing the operating environment, emphasizing prevention and secure design, empowering developers, and using policy-as-code shall help organizations make their cloud environment a little safer. Let’s understand how policy-as-code helps.
- Policy-as-Code (PaC) is writing a code plan as a high-level language to manage and automating of the policies.
- Codifying policies improve automation and efficiency in tasks by enforcing the rules that prevent incorrect configurations.
- PaC strives to reduce costs, enhance compliance, optimize implementations, control infrastructure, and use native tools better.
- Besides codification, version control, and automation, best practices can also be implemented as policies.
All the aforementioned steps can help leadership better align with security requirements, automate compliance, and ensure security teams are measuring what matters for cloud applications' security.
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