
Shared Responsibility Model: 6 Misreadings That Leave Cloud Security Gaps
The provider secures the cloud infrastructure while you secure everything you place inside it, including data and identity controls.
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The provider secures the cloud infrastructure while you secure everything you place inside it, including data and identity controls.

Orphaned cloud resources persist after their parent service is deleted, creating silent security gaps and unmanaged attack surfaces that standard inventory tools often miss.

Catching flaws in source code avoids the exponential cost of fixing them after deployment, turning security from a gate into a continuous filter.

Virtual private clouds share physical hardware with other tenants, whereas private clouds dedicate infrastructure to a single organisation, creating distinct risk profiles.

Private endpoints keep traffic on the internal network backbone, preventing it from touching the public internet even when accessing public cloud services.

Unified visibility fails when public clouds hide metadata, leaving hybrid environments blind to lateral movement between distinct networks.

Default Kubernetes clusters allow all internal traffic, meaning a compromised container can scan and attack every other service without restriction.

CSPM audits static policy compliance while CWPP enforces runtime security controls, meaning one prevents misconfiguration and the other stops exploitation.

Single sign-on centralises identity verification, turning every connected service into a potential pivot point for attackers who bypass perimeter defences.

Denial-of-wallet attacks exploit public cloud pricing models to drain budgets, often bypassing traditional security alerts that monitor for data exfiltration rather than resource consumption.

Migration security is not a phase but a continuous state of verifying that cloud-native threats do not bypass legacy defence models.

Identity boundaries rarely match network boundaries in hybrid environments, creating blind spots that traditional perimeter tools cannot see or control.

Establish automated policy enforcement to prevent configuration errors, reduce manual overhead, and maintain security posture without hiring dedicated cloud engineers.