Untangling the Web of Cloud Security Threats

Changing technologies and evolving threats make IT security more challenging. Business units are adopting cloud technologies, agile development practices, and application architectures. But cybercriminals are also moving to attack cloud infrastructures, as we've seen in our telemetry and in recently reported attacks. With the right policies and governance implementations, however, cloud-based data and systems can be secured effectively.
In this paper, we provide examples of threats and risks that organizations can face if they make mistakes in configuring cloud services, and discuss how they could address potential security issues as part of the shared-responsibility model. We also share remedies and best practices that can help network engineers improve the security posture of their cloud deployments.