Account onboarding steps
The account onboarding process is also known as the account connection process for public clouds. It is the process of establishing a connection between a CSPM account and your CSP account such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and so on. When the connection between the CSPM tool and the cloud account is established, CSPM can access your cloud infrastructure and scan it for vulnerabilities and other security issues.
Note
To make the concept easily understandable, the Microsoft Defender for Cloud CSPM tool is taken as a reference wherever it is imperative to explain with an example. This book does not justify one tool over another. The tool is chosen based on the information available publicly. Generic and high-level steps are provided here, which is not enough for onboarding an account. You must follow vendor documentation and support for successful onboarding. It is beyond the scope of this book to dive deep into a particular tool.
