This means your security team is responsible for overly permissive identities, misconfigurations, unpatched vulnerabilities, and inadequate controls, all of which provide opportunities for attackers. A recent Unit 42 cloud security report found that nearly two-thirds (63%) of the codebases in production have unpatched vulnerabilities rated High or Critical, providing easy targets for attackers. Additionally, sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), financial records, or intellectual property, are found in 63% of publicly exposed storage buckets. At the end of the day, your data is your data and ensuring it’s safe is your responsibility.
The Unit 42® Cloud Security Assessment combines threat intelligence with cloud security expertise to identify and mitigate cloud threats and configuration issues most likely to impact your business. This assessment sets the foundation for cloud security best practices. Together, we’ll align on key cloud risks, prioritize immediate remediations, and establish a long-term roadmap to improve your cloud security program.
Unit 42 Cloud Security Assessment Benefits
- Translate Today’s Cloud Threats to Your Business. Collaborate with Unit 42 experts and apply the latest threat intelligence to define a baseline of cloud threats most likely to impact your business based on industry, geography, and more.
- Improve Your Cloud Security Posture. Integrate your unique cloud threat profile with our threat intelligence and consulting expertise to bolster your security posture and enhance visibility, monitoring, and detection capabilities in your cloud environment.
- Accelerate Your Cloud Security Journey. Move forward with a customized Unit 42 roadmap designed to reduce your attack surface and mature your cloud security capabilities, grounded in threat-informed best practices and tailored to your business needs.
Unit 42 Cloud Security Assessment Methodology
Align your unique threat profile with recommended best practices to strengthen your cybersecurity in the cloud.
Figure 1: Unit 42 Cloud Security Assessment Methodology
- Baseline your cloud environment: Perform technical analysis against the scoped cloud environments and correlate observations with key trends from Unit 42 Threat Intelligence.
- Uncover threats to your business: Engage in collaborative, threat-led workshops to align on how cloud threats and control gaps could impact your business.
- Evaluate your cloud security program: Benchmark your current environment against Unit 42 frameworks to define a cloud security program tailored to protect your business.
- Improve your cloud security program: Receive a prioritized roadmap and remediation recommendations to reduce risk and advance capabilities, paired with interactive briefings to drive change.
About Unit 42
Unit 42® brings together our world-renowned threat researchers and hunters with an elite team of security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response-ready organization. The Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team provides threat research that enables security teams to understand adversary intent and attribution while enhancing protections offered by our products and services to stop advanced attacks. As threats escalate, Unit 42 is available to advise customers on the latest risks, assess their readiness, and help them recover when the worst occurs. For the latest threat intel and research, please visit https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com.