Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM): Continuous Multi-Cloud Auditing
Benchmarking AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments continuously against CIS Benchmarks and industry compliance standards.
The Velocity of Cloud Configuration Drift
In dynamic multi-account cloud environments, hundreds of resources are spun up, modified, and deleted daily. Point-in-time annual audits cannot keep pace with constant configuration drift.
Automated CIS Foundations Benchmark Audits
Deploy CSPM tools (such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub, or Wiz) to continuously evaluate all cloud assets against CIS Benchmarks: auditing MFA enforcement, root account usage, network ingress boundaries, and disk encryption.
Prioritizing Toxic Risk Combinations
Modern CSPM moves beyond single-vulnerability alerts by analyzing risk context: an unpatched vulnerability on a private VM is low risk, but the same vulnerability on an internet-facing VM with an attached IAM role possessing admin rights is a critical priority.
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