by Sahil Bansal
In recent months several data breaches have highlighted the increased security risk in public cloud and multi-cloud deployments. However, these security risks do not always arise because of anything inherently insecure about the cloud, rather because of using the cloud insecurely. Gartner predicts that through 2022, at least 95% of cloud security issues will arise because of user errors leading to misconfigured resources causing security vulnerabilities.
Recent Cloud Security Breaches
Earlier this year, the Dow Jones revealed that more than 2.4 million financial records were leaked because one of their AWS Elasticsearch instances was not password protected and also allowed public access. In another incident, more than half a billion people’s personal Facebook data was found on S3 storage buckets with global read/write permissions owned by a third party called Cultura Collectiva.
Organizations that are embracing public cloud and multi-cloud architectures really do need to re-evaluate their cloud security strategy and focus on building automated processes that not only detect security risks in real-time but also help to fix them. Security admins also need to ensure their cloud environments meet regulatory compliance standards such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, etc. This is where Xi Beam can help you significantly improve your overall cloud security posture.
Cloud Security Compliance with Xi Beam
Xi Beam helps you gain real-time visibility and control over your multi-cloud security health by automating 250+ security audits based on industry best practices and Beam’s recommendations to improve your cloud infrastructure security. You can also create your own custom audits to meet your specific security compliance needs.
- Cloud services configuration change
- New users are on-boarded
- Compute instances, Databases or storage buckets are spun up, etc.
- Early access to real-time security compliance alerts
- HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS audit reports
- RI recommendations to reduce costs
- Budget alerts and chargeback reports
Beam also lists out the exact steps needed to remediate any security issues that may have been detected. Also, for several security audits, Beam helps you to immediately improve your cloud security by remediating security vulnerabilities with just one-click!
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