HackRead reports:
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%) and compromised credentials (20%). Learn why simple operational errors and human factors are the main cause of data breaches across cloud systems.
Businesses are rapidly moving into the public cloud, a change confirmed by the “Building Cloud Trust” report from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UK-based research firm Vanson Bourne. This report is based on a survey of 2,800 technology and security firms across 13 countries conducted during September and October.
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In their report (PDF), researchers noted that approximately eight out of ten organisations reported a data breach in the past year, whether on-premises (78%) or in the public cloud (79%). This near-equal rate confirms that human factors also play a consistent role, as breaches typically happen because systems are too complex to manage correctly. The most common security-related issues identified are:
- Physical Theft (19% cloud / 14% on-premises).
- Misconfiguration (16% cloud / 11% on-premises).
- Vulnerability Exploitation (24% cloud / 20% on-premises).
- Compromised Credentials (20% cloud / 19% on-premises).
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