Egregious Cloud Security Vulnerabilities

Before becoming a victim of a cyberattack, secure your infrastructure with these tips

As someone who works in the finance industry, I.T. security is a significant focus for every line of code written. The number of security scans and additional process overhead is insane compared to some previous places of employment. While I don’t think any of that is bad, I enjoy the challenges of automating those checks to enable a cloud-centric CI/CD pipeline. That said, many of the security policies and checks are in place to prevent some common pressure points when adopting the cloud.

There are 11 categories where hosting applications in the cloud have the potential for additional vulnerabilities: