01Introduction
Moving to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or Oracle Cloud doesn't hand security to the provider. It changes which parts are yours. Most cloud breaches don't break the provider's infrastructure. They use a setting the customer got wrong.
02What is Cloud security?
Cloud security is the set of policies, controls and technologies that protect data, applications and infrastructure running in cloud environments. It covers identity and access, network configuration, data protection, workload security and monitoring of the cloud control plane.
Under the shared responsibility model, the provider secures the underlying infrastructure and the customer secures how it is configured and used. Specialized categories cover parts of that job: CSPM for configuration, CIEM for identities, IaC security for templates, KSPM for Kubernetes, DSPM for data, AI-SPM for AI workloads, and CNAPP platforms that bundle them.
03How Cloud security works
A cloud security program layers controls across the stack.
- 1.
Identity
Least-privilege IAM roles, short-lived credentials and strong authentication, in line with zero trust.
- 2.
Configuration
Continuously check resources against secure baselines such as CIS Benchmarks.
- 3.
Data
Classify sensitive data, encrypt it, and restrict who and what can reach it.
- 4.
Detection
Monitor control plane logs and workload activity for abuse, feeding the SIEM.
04Threats and risks
The dominant cloud risks are self-inflicted.
Misconfiguration
Public storage buckets, open security groups and disabled logging.
Excessive permissions
Wildcard IAM policies that turn one compromised workload into account-wide access.
Leaked credentials
Access keys committed to code or exposed in CI logs. See secrets detection.
Chained paths
Individually minor settings that combine into a route to sensitive data. See exposure management.
05How Parameter helps
Parameter Cloud Security reasons about attack paths instead of listing rule hits.
Attack paths, not rule hits
Agents inventory AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and Oracle Cloud, then trace how misconfigurations chain across identity, network and data.
Ranked by exploitability
Findings are ordered by actual attacker reach, so the top of the queue is what matters.
Fix as code
A Terraform patch is opened against your IaC repository. See auto remediation.
