Identity misconfigurations
Identity and Access Management (IAM) misconfigurations are among the most critical issues to address for a hybrid multi-cloud environment. IAM controls who can access what resources and perform what actions within your cloud environment. Misconfigurations in IAM can lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security incidents. Here are some of the most important IAM misconfigurations to be aware of:
- Excessive permissions: Assigning overly permissive IAM roles or policies that grant more privileges than necessary to users, groups, or services. This happens when you rely on default roles/policies as you end up assigning a similar set of permissions or roles to a large group, which may sometimes be overly permissive for some users.
Risk: This can lead to the principle of least privilege being violated, enabling attackers who compromise an account to access and modify resources beyond their intended scope.
- Unused or stale IAM users and...
