1. The shared responsibility line
Providers secure the infrastructure; you own identity, network config, encryption, data classification and everything you deploy. Assessments focus on your half.
2. What to assess
- IAM: least privilege, MFA, key hygiene.
- Network: security groups, exposure, segmentation.
- Data: encryption at rest/in transit, public storage.
- Logging and monitoring; secure configuration (CIS Benchmarks).
3. Continuous, not once
Cloud drifts. Continuous configuration monitoring (CSPM) catches a public bucket or disabled encryption in minutes, not at the next audit.
How CyberSigma helps
We assess your cloud against CIS Benchmarks and CSA CCM, test configurations and workloads, and set up continuous monitoring.
This guide is educational and not legal advice. Requirements evolve — validate specifics against the current standard or regulation for your situation.