Common Threats to Cloud Deployments

You will now cover the top five common threats to cloud deployments. These threats are universal, apply to all cloud service models, and can impact public, private, hybrid, community, and multi-cloud deployments.

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In the chapters that follow, you will engage in a detailed review of more specific threats to IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

The following are some of the most common threats to cloud deployments (in no particular order).

Data Breaches

Data breaches are one of the greatest dangers to cloud deployments. They happen when unauthorized individuals gain access to sensitive information stored in the cloud. As a result, businesses suffer severe consequences, such as loss of customer trust, financial penalties, and reputational harm.

Thus, cloud security practitioners should help organizations take the following steps to prevent data breaches:

• Implement strong access control mechanisms to restrict access to sensitive data.
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