{"id":17719,"date":"2024-05-16T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessmole.com\/?p=17719"},"modified":"2024-05-16T05:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T04:29:26","slug":"brainboard-report-identifies-severe-cloud-security-crisis-as-alerts-overwhelm-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessmole.com\/brainboard-report-identifies-severe-cloud-security-crisis-as-alerts-overwhelm-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainboard Report Identifies Severe Cloud Security Crisis as Alerts Overwhelm Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent study by cloud infrastructure management firm <a href=\"http:\/\/brainboard.co\/\">Brainboard.co<\/a> has highlighted a significant crisis in cloud security. The report reveals that security professionals are devoting 80% of their time to addressing emergencies caused by security misconfigurations in cloud systems that could have been prevented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysis indicates that cloud security systems face an onslaught of approximately 500 security alerts each week. Given the average cost of a cloud data breach surpassing $4 million, this level of alert fatigue is a critical issue for the industry, leaving little room for security teams to implement proactive strategies that could bolster their organisation&#8217;s security stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Human Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human error is a principal factor in cloud security breaches, responsible for 55% of incidents. The report also notes that over 60% of cloud and DevOps engineers hold junior positions, potentially leading to inadvertent security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainboard.co\/\">Chafik Belhaoues<\/a>, co-founder &amp; CEO of Brainboard, commented: \u201cThis statistic makes it abundantly clear that relying solely on human vigilance in a complex cloud environment can lead to severe consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, organizations simply cannot afford to wait to be hacked before taking action, and taking a reactive approach is extremely expensive and unsustainable, especially with modern and sophisticated attack systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only way to remedy that is to adopt a proactive approach to security in a way that helps engineers build secure-by-design systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proactive Security in the Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chafik recommends several strategies for adopting a more proactive security approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: &#8220;The first big step to implementing proactive security for cloud architectures is to have an internal approved and secure library of building blocks that engineers can build with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSecondly, having a short security feedback loop that is close to users, such as \u2018security shift left\u2019, helps them build secure-by-design patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFinally, you can limit the blast radius by building isolated small cloud infrastructures. This reduces the impact to only the scoped environments or stacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional details on securing your cloud infrastructure, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainboard.co\/\">www.brainboard.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent study by cloud infrastructure management firm Brainboard.co has highlighted a significant crisis in cloud security. 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