Azure Security Incident

Improving Cloud Security with DevSecOps: Best Practices for Azure Arsh Riz 10 min read Sep 10, 2023 -- Listen Share Zoom image will be displayed Introduction: The adoption of Cloud computing has come with its set of security challenges and risks. Here are some eye-opening cloud security statistics and breach examples from 2018 to 2023 : A misconfigured AWS S3 bucket exposed the personal information of over 100 million Capital One customers in 2019. Supply chain attacks targeting cloud infrastructure increased by over 650% in 2021 compared to 2020 according to Accurics. Researchers identified over 200 misconfigured S3 buckets in 2022 exposing 1 billion customer records including bank account details and COVID-19 health reports. A 2022 IBM report found 60% of organizations experienced a cloud data breach in the past two years, primarily due to cloud misconfigurations. A 2023 Anomali threat report found that 83% of all web application attacks targeted cloud environments, with Azure and AWS being top targets. Unprotected cloud databases contributed to 93% of all records breached in 2022 according to Tenables 2023 Cyber Exposure Report. Between 2018 and 2022, ransomware attacks on cloud infrastructure increased by over 300% as per IDC. As organizations continue to adopt cloud-native architectures and migrate workloads to the cloud, its critical to embed security practices into the DevOps workflow to mitigate the likelihood of some of the breach examples highlighted above. Implementing cloud-native DevSecOps enables development, security, and operations teams to collaborate closely and build security into applications from the start. There are many benefits to implementing cloud-native DevSecOps. First, it can help to improve the overall security of your cloud environment. By integrating security throughout the development lifecycle, you can identify and mitigate security risks early on. Second, cloud-native DevSecOps can help to save time and money. By automating...

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