Importance of Ensuring Cloud Security Post Migration for Operational Excellence

In order to make sure that cloud-based applications are successfully deployed and secure in nature automation testing and checks are of utmost importance.

Web-based applications are becoming the common targets of cyber-attack campaigns resulting in major financial and reputational losses to the stakeholders. Here are some examples of the biggest security breaches in the past decade.

Pro Wrestling giant WWE:

Recently this gigantic venture fell victim to a cloud security breach resulting in leakage of personal data for 3 million customers. Reports suggest that the hackers acquired access to their information after getting hold of a database that was left unprotected on an Amazon cloud server. A popular business magazine stated that the leaked info consisted of residential addresses, annual earnings, ethnicity, and other personal details.

Microsoft:

Even a mammoth brand like Microsoft is not immune to a security breach! Back in 2010, Microsoft witnessed a breach whose roots lay in its Business Productivity Online Suit. The issue was that non-authorized individuals of the cloud service had gained access to their employees’ contact info. Although Microsoft resolved this issue in a matter of two hours and only a limited number of people experienced the problem. It did cause a tiny but noticeable chink in their mighty armor.

Apple iCloud:

Apple suffered one of the most massive cloud security breaches in the decade owing to the victims of the same. High profile celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence and others had their private photos leaked online. The majority of victims were under the impression that their profiles had been hacked but the fact of the matter was that the iCloud service they utilized for storage had been conceded.

After reading the above cases it must be understood that to avoid such attacks on your organization’s data you need to have an advanced & fail-proof security layer added to cloud applications.

What are the major causes of cloud security breaches?

Weak Passwords:

Databases protected by weak passwords are most susceptible to breaches. It is a vulnerability that will be well utilized by an opportunist hacker to turn the tables around. Reports show that in 2019 4 in 5 breaches were caused as a result of weak passwords or stolen credentials.

Malware:

Malware in laymen terms is trouble-making software i.e. an unknown software that is loaded without the recipient’s permission which later on becomes an entry gate for an unethical hacker to exploit the system for their own needs.

App Vulnerabilities:

Inefficiently designed network systems or poorly coded applications become a hacker’s playground for malicious proceedings. Such systems leave crucial loops wherein the security of your data can be compromised.