Managing Cloud Security Posture: Continuous Monitoring and Hardening for Visibility and Compliance | TechRepublic
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Among the benefits of the cloud are increased productivity and flexibility at reduced costs, but it poses security risks, with API endpoints having vulnerabilities to 12 security issues that require diverse solutions.
Expert-recommended solution for cloud security challenges includes implementing a comprehensive Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) strategy, focusing on achieving cloud visibility, compliance through continuous monitoring, and cloud hardening.
Human error is a significant factor in cloud security risks, with 60% of container workloads lacking proper security configurations due to unintentional actions or omissions by IT teams. By 2025, Gartner predicts 99% of cloud security failures will be due to customer errors.
Cloud security providers adhere to a shared security responsibility model where the provider's security responsibility ends with their infrastructure; everything else introduced is the customer's responsibility.
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