Increased Cloud Visibility and Control 

Cloud Security Risk Management goes beyond just identifying cloud security posture risk. 

As a service, it brings cloud experts focused on the unique risk and cloud infrastructure issues facing healthcare organizations. It is a way to address the growing types of cloud vulnerabilities and the risks that come with the susceptible expanded attack surface of cloud environments.  

What are the Common Security Issues Cloud Risk Management Prevents? 

Overly Permissive Identity and Access Management Policies 

Cloud Risk Management looks at what CSPM flags as identity or role policies that allow overly permissive actions, which can give users full admin rights unintentionally. Our experts help organizations align their policies and enforcement of them across cloud environments to mimize risk and address HIPAA security needs. 

Unencrypted Databases 

Continual monitoring of cloud databases and escalation when a resource is detected and found to be misconfigured without the proper encryption at rest (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL). We assist with DevOps and migration to ensure that all cloud data is protected and configured to achieve the highest protection and compliance needs. Cloud risk management ensures that any new resources or changes to existing ones follow the necessary baseline for continuous security and data protection.  

Weak Security Groups or Firewall Rules 

When security groups or firewall rules are open to internet traffic, the entire cloud environment can be at risk. Cloud risk management continually monitors changes in group and firewall configurations that are unique to each cloud provider and gives visibility to the alterations that weaken the security and compliance posture for the organization. Our experts coordinate and help educate on the best practices to ensure the security of your unique cloud environment and prioritize a detailed action plan to quickly close security gaps. 

Missing or Incomplete Audit Logging 

Our experts respond to alerts when logging services like AWS CloudTrail , Azure Diagnostic, Microsoft Defender, or Azure Activity logs are not enabled or misconfigured, impacting forensic visibility, and security management. 

 Shadow Admin Accounts 

Continuous monitoring finds users with administrator privileges added outside of change control processes or policy. Cloud experts look at why escalated privileges occurred and investigate if there is any insider threat risk or cloud compromise.  

 Exposed Sensitive Files in the Cloud  

Cloud risk management reviews the common ways cloud data can be exposed, Azure Blob Storage and AWS S3 Buckets are scanned, and our experts are notified if confidential data (e.g., medical records, credentials) is stored in blobs/buckets with public or anonymous access. Our experts will immediately take action to remediate and investigate if any data was improperly accessed. 

 Expired or Unrotated Access Keys 

Key management is especially important for services and user accounts. Cloud security risk management will monitor and flag old or unrotated access keys that can expose an organization to credential theft. Our experts work with healthcare organizations to ensure that policy and security management is optimized across cloud environments.