{"id":37150,"date":"2023-01-13T18:33:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/?p=37150"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:03:15","slug":"cloud-security-posture-management-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/cloud-security\/cloud-security-posture-management-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Security Posture Management Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As per a recent report by intelligence firm IDC, 97% of companies surveyed said they had experienced at least one cloud data breach one & a half year before the study. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) recently said that due to unsecured cloud databases, in the Q3 of 2021, the total cases of data compromise reached 160 million (more than Q1 and Q2 of 2021 taken together). It’s not just about the quantity. According to IBM, the severity and Cost of breaches also grew, whether a company, the cloud provider, or both initiated the breaches. The 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report (CODBR) from IBM found that the average Cost of a breach reached $5 million for companies with high levels of cloud footprint. Today we are seeing more and more companies & organizations moving to the cloud, and as this technology becomes more complex, the threats are also becoming complex. This blog will see best practices for cloud security<\/a><\/span> posture management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Define the responsibilities distribution for cloud security\u202f\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If there are clear boundaries, it may lead to understanding, grey areas, and eventually susceptibilities. Cloud security posture management must start with making and following a clear responsibilities definition. Cloud services (Google, Amazon, Azure, etc.) show a shared responsibility plan that provides security responsibilities in the cloud between the cloud provider and the customer. In a simple sense, the cloud provider can be responsible for the security of the cloud, while the customer is considered responsible for security in the cloud.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Get complete visibility into your cloud resources\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As the cloud system is decentralized, countless systems, applications, and networks continuously create & process sensitive data in many different locations. Before proceeding with taking any security action, it is essential that you identify, classify and map the data locations and flows. You can do this using several tools. These tools automatically locate, map, and label all relevant data. This means you can constantly monitor for data vulnerabilities and compliance violations and take actions to fix them before they become a severe problem.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Protection against common misconfiguration\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Research has proved that misconfigurations are the usual causes of data breaches. To avoid this problem, you will have to take these steps:\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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