Authors
Pavan Paidy1 and Krishna Chaganti2, 1AppSec Lead At FINRA, USA, 2S & P Global, USA
Abstract
Strong security becomes very necessary in the fast-paced digital environment of today as businesses are switching to multi-cloud architectures for improved scalability and agility. Ensuring visibility, control, and compliance in dynamic environments such as AWS and Azure now primarily depends on Cloud-native Security Posture Management (CSPM). These systems provide freedom but also major risks: improperly set-up storage, too authorized identities, and unattended services can be readily overlooked. Constant monitoring offered by CSPM helps to find vulnerabilities before they become more critical by means of deviations from security baselines. This approach depends on audits, which enable teams to match present status of affairs with internal compliance requirements. Consistent audit trails assist quick issue resolution and informed decision-making by giving both responsibility and knowledge of system behavior. Along with this security is continuous compliance monitoring, carefully checking systems and instantly spotting changes. Beyond detection, good Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) interacts with DevOps pipelines to rapidly address problems and combines automated, prioritized risk mitigating technologies, therefore enhancing security protections early in the development process Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) products help to organize the anarchy and match security operations with corporate goals, so preserving the speed of innovation as safeguarding cloud environments gets more complicated becomes more difficult. Not only advised, but companies running both AWS and Azure systems absolutely have to put an audit-driven, policy-enforced Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) plan into action.
Keywords
Cloud-Native Security, CSPM, AWS Security, Azure Compliance, Risk Assessment, Continuous Auditing, Multi-Cloud Strategy, Compliance Automation, DevSecOps, Security Monitoring, Cloud Compliance, Configuration Management, Policy Enforcement, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Risk Mitigation, Security Posture, Automated Remediation, Cloud Governance, Vulnerability Detection, Real-Time Monitoring, Security Best Practices, Regulatory Compliance, Cloud Workloads, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Visibility, Security Baseline, Audit Trails, Misconfiguration Detection, Security Frameworks, Azure Governance, AWS Controls, Threat Detection, Compliance Reporting, Continuous Compliance, Risk Prioritization, DevOps Integration, Cloud Controls, Data Protection, Compliance Frameworks, Cloud Audit Tools, Security Automation, Azure Security Centre, AWS Security Hub, Cloud Security Tools, SOC 2 Compliance, HIPAA Cloud Security, NIST Compliance, CIS Benchmarks, Security Policy Enforcement.