Tools for Monitoring and Assessing
Cloud monitoring is one of the keys to ensuring that cloud services and resources remain secure and cost-effective. AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offer native solutions that an IT auditor can leverage to monitor and assess cloud environments. Cloud monitoring is a method of reviewing, observing, and managing the health and security of a cloud. Cloud monitoring is performed with the aim of detecting cyber threats, data breaches, and anomalous behavior. Using monitoring tools, organizations can proactively monitor their cloud environments to identify security events before they become security incidents.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Basic cloud auditing tools within AWS
- Basic cloud auditing tools within Azure
- Basic cloud auditing tools within GCP
In Chapter 6, Tips and Techniques for Advanced Auditing, we went over tools that an IT auditor can leverage to perform monitoring specifically...