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Mastering Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

By : Qamar Nomani
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Mastering Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

By: Qamar Nomani

Overview of this book

This book will help you secure your cloud infrastructure confidently with cloud security posture management (CSPM) through expert guidance that’ll enable you to implement CSPM effectively, ensuring an optimal security posture across multi-cloud infrastructures. The book begins by unraveling the fundamentals of cloud security, debunking myths about the shared responsibility model, and introducing key concepts such as defense-in-depth, the Zero Trust model, and compliance. Next, you’ll explore CSPM's core components, tools, selection criteria, deployment strategies, and environment settings, which will be followed by chapters on onboarding cloud accounts, dashboard customization, cloud assets inventory, configuration risks, and cyber threat hunting. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with operational practices, vulnerability and patch management, compliance benchmarks, and security alerts. You’ll also gain insights into cloud workload protection platforms (CWPPs). The concluding chapters focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning, DevSecOps, and workflow automation, providing a thorough understanding of securing multi-cloud environments. By the end of this book, you’ll have honed the skills to make informed decisions and contribute effectively at every level, from strategic planning to day-to-day operations.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Part 1:CSPM Fundamentals
6
Part 2: CSPM Deployment Aspects
11
Part 3: Security Posture Enhancement
19
Part 4: Advanced Topics and Future Trends

Cloud governance frameworks

CSPs often adhere to their own security and compliance standards. For example, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud have established compliance programs and certifications (for example, AWS’s Well-Architected Framework (WAF) and the Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB)) to help organizations secure their cloud resources. Compliance with these regulatory frameworks and adherence to compliance standards in cloud security are crucial for organizations to mitigate security risks, protect sensitive data, and meet legal and contractual obligations. Failure to comply with these regulations and standards can lead to legal consequences, data breaches, and reputational damage.

Let us explore these frameworks.

AWS WAF

AWS WAF is a set of best practices and guidelines developed by AWS to help organizations design and build reliable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective cloud-based architectures. It serves as a blueprint for building...