Summary
In this chapter, we went over several capabilities of SCC. We learned how to use CAI, set up an export to BigQuery, and run SQL queries to understand your environment. We also went over how to detect security misconfigurations using SHA, VM Manager, WSS, and Rapid Vulnerability Detection. These are all critical capabilities before a security misconfiguration vulnerability becomes a threat. We learned about the threat detection capabilities of SCC in the form of ETD, CTD, VMTD, and anomaly detection. We also covered continuous compliance monitoring to understand how to apply industry standards to your cloud environment. Finally, we explored a simple architecture pattern for alerting.
In the next chapter, we will cover container security and look at how security measures are taken to protect containers and the applications and data that reside in them. This includes preventing unauthorized access and mitigating the risk of malicious code or attacks, as well as ensuring that...