Cloud Security

Cloud security encompasses the strategies, tools, and best practices for protecting cloud computing environments — including infrastructure (IaaS), platforms (PaaS), and software (SaaS) — from security threats. As organizations migrate to cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP, security must adapt to the shared responsibility model where providers secure the infrastructure while customers secure their applications and data.

Key cloud security challenges include: misconfigured cloud services (the leading cause of cloud breaches), overly permissive IAM policies, exposed storage buckets, insecure APIs, container vulnerabilities, and serverless function security. Cloud-native security tools (CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP) help monitor and enforce security policies, but they complement rather than replace application-level security testing.

How APVISO tests for this: APVISO tests cloud-hosted applications for vulnerabilities that cloud-native security tools can't detect — including SSRF attacks that can access cloud metadata services, application-level misconfigurations, and business logic flaws. APVISO's agents test your applications regardless of where they're hosted.