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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

Offboarding cloud accounts

Offboarding cloud accounts from a CSPM solution is an essential process to ensure the secure removal of cloud resources and associated monitoring from the CSPM platform. Every tool offers different ways to achieve this. Let us look at some scenarios that show why it is important to offboard the cloud accounts.

Importance of offboarding cloud accounts from CSPM

Offboarding cloud accounts from a CSPM tool is an important process that should not be overlooked for several reasons. Here are some key reasons why offboarding is important:

  • Security and compliance: When an organization no longer requires the monitoring and management of specific cloud accounts, it is crucial to remove them from the CSPM solution to avoid potential security risks and maintain compliance with relevant regulations.
  • Resource optimization: Offboarding cloud accounts helps optimize the resources utilized by the CSPM solution, reducing unnecessary costs and overhead.
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