ravi fieldengineer's blog : Misconfiguring cloud services
According to the 2023 Qualys Cloud Security Insights report, misconfiguration remains the top cloud risk area. The stats are startling: 60% of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) usage, 57% of Azure, and 34% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffer from misconfiguration issues.
However, the most concerning aspect of this issue is that the vast majority of cloud misconfigurations go unnoticed and unreported. Research by cybersecurity firm McAfee, detailed in their report “Cloud-Native: The Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption and Risk,” reveals a startling gap in the detection and reporting of these issues. Alarmingly, only one percent of IaaS misconfigurations are reported, suggesting a vast number of companies may be unknowingly leaking data.
Misconfiguring cloud services might seem like a small oversight, but it’s a problem with enormous consequences. Despite warnings and guidelines, such as the NSA’s advisory in January 2020 on the risks of cloud misconfiguration, the issue persists.
Often, cloud services come with default settings that may not suit your specific security needs. For example, logging might be disabled by default, reducing the visibility of potential security issues. Similarly, using default credentials for cloud services, although convenient, can make it easier for unauthorized users to gain access.
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