Top 10 AWS Cloud Security Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Did you know that most data breaches are as a result of human misconfiguration error and over permissive access? Security and compliance is a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer. While AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure that runs the services they offer in the cloud, each organization is responsible for managing and securing their data and applications. Most data breaches result from misconfigurations and over permissive access.
Mistake #1
Data stored in S3 buckets contains sensitive data – Personal Identifiable Information (PII) such as credit card information. One common mistake is not encrypting this S3 bucket data. To protect such confidential data and comply with regulatory requirements, proper encryption mechanisms for data at rest and in transit should be applied.
Read all 9 other remaining mistakes and learn how to fix them!