Avoid Blind Spots: Is Your Incident Response Team Cloud Ready?


The year 2020 — with all its tumult — ushered in a massive shift in the way most companies work. Much of that transformation included migrating to cloud, with some statisticians reporting that a full 50% of companies across the globe are now using cloud technology.


In many ways, that’s good — cloud holds several advantages for organizations, not the least of which are freeing up resources (both financial and human) for deployment in other areas. Cloud has made life easier and more convenient for consumers, too, which for business often translates into increased customer satisfaction.


But with benefit often comes risk, and cloud is not immune. In fact, Gartner reports that “Through 2025, 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault.” That’s a sobering statistic and reinforces the need to not only have a robust proactive security strategy, but a reactive incident response (IR) plan as well. Without an offensive and defensive approach working in tandem, the result can lead to significant repercussions to brand reputation, financials, as well as increased legal exposure and obligations.


Hearken back a few short years ago when a major financial institution experienced a cloud breach. The incident exposed 80,000 bank account numbers and over one million government ID numbers. The company — like many — moved quickly to the cloud, and while celerity may have had little to do with the actual breach, it nonetheless drives home the complexity of mitigating an incident in the cloud — and doing it in a way that can save time, money and reputation.


Let’s peel back the layers of cloud itself, and then take a look at how incident re ..

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