Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

It’s time to update the list of security incidents caused by misconfiguration of cloud storage resources since the last couple of weeks have unfortunately been quite prolific. The shared responsibility model continues to be overlooked, or simply misunderstood by too many organizations, and as a consequence tons of sensitive data is leaked from the cloud on a daily basis, putting thousands of individuals (and dozens of municipalities) at risk of fraud, identity theft, and phishing campaigns.

People love to talk about zero trust right now, for a number of reasons. It has the word “zero” in there, which has some history in the information security world (e.g., zero-day vulnerabilities). It’s also a simple and eye-catching phrase, so it fits well into product marketing exercises.

Major sporting events, like the World Cup or the Olympics, are usually targets of cybercriminals that take advantage of the event’s popularity. During the 2018 World Cup, for example, an infected document disguised as a “game prediction” delivered malware that stole sensitive data from its victims, including keystrokes and screenshots.

The following is an excerpt from Netskope’s recent white paper How to Design a Cloud Data Protection Strategy written by James Christiansen and David Fairman.