TL,DR: Cloud governance is the framework of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes guiding how cloud resources are managed and secured. Nearly 90% of companies have gone multi-cloud according to HashiCorp Governance covers 5 key areas: business continuity through documented incident response procedures, compliance management with frameworks like HIPAA and SOC 2, cost optimization, security standardization…
In a 2023 report by IBM on the cost of a data breach, researchers found that appointing a CISO can help reduce the possible financial loss due to an incident to a large extent. Organizations that appointed a CISO saved $130,086 on average compared to those without a CISO in place per incident. This clearly…
TL,DR: Penetration testing identifies security vulnerabilities by launching simulated attacks using the same tools and techniques that real-world attackers would use against networks, applications, APIs, and wireless infrastructure Five types exist: application testing, network testing, social engineering, API testing, and wireless testing. Three approaches determine tester knowledge levels: black box (no prior knowledge), white box…
TL,DR: By 2025, the world will store 200 zettabytes of cloud data. The top 8 cloud security threats include ransomware (90% of organizations targeted in 2024), system misconfiguration, compromised APIs, DDoS attacks, and insider threats Misconfiguration is the most common and preventable cloud security issue, occurring when default settings are left unchanged, storage buckets are…
At the recent Bsides Las Vegas security conference, Roei Sherman, Field CTO at Mitiga, and Adi Belinkov, Director of IT and Security at Mitiga, delivered a sobering message to security professionals: “Attacking cloud instances is significantly easier, and defending them is much more challenging compared to on-premise networks.” The absence of a clearly defined perimeter…
Did you know 60% of the world’s corporate data is stored in the cloud? While businesses today heavily rely on cloud infrastructure because of its ability to drive business agility at scale, there’s one aspect that can turn out to be a dealbreaker—security. Imagine you’re a salesperson in a cloud-based start-up. What’s the first question…