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Background for this topic.
Cloud computing involves delivering computing services—such as storage, processing, and networking—over the internet using remote data centers. This model enables organizations to scale resources dynamically without owning physical infrastructure. In security terms, the cloud environment is defined by multi-tenant infrastructure where multiple customers share hardware and software resources managed by a cloud provider.
Key security concerns include controlling access through strong identity and access management (IAM), protecting data with encryption both at rest and in transit, and managing vulnerabilities in shared infrastructure components. The cloud’s shared responsibility model requires customers to secure their applications and data while providers secure the underlying platform. Misconfigurations, weak access controls, and insufficient monitoring can expose cloud assets to unauthorized access or data leakage, making precise configuration and continuous security assessment essential.
With critical infrastructures ever more dependent on the cloud connectivity, the world needs a more stable infrastructure to avoid a crippling cyberattack.
More cyberattackers are targeting organizations' cloud environments, but some cloud services, such as Google Cloud Platform's storage, fail to create adequate logs for forensics.
The adversaries obtained a decryption key to a LastPass database containing multifactor authentication and federation information as well as customer vault data, company says.
The opportunistic "SCARLETEEL" attack on a firm's Amazon Web Services account turns into targeted data theft after the intruder uses an overpermissioned service to jump into cloud system.
Cloud security vendor Wiz has raised $900 million since its founding in 2020.