New whitepaper from Cado Security "Five Reasons Why You Need Cloud Investigation & Response Automation"
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Hat tip to Jordan Bowen for writing most of this.
Five Reasons Why You Need Cloud Investigation & Response AutomationChristopher Doman
With more than 60% of corporate data currently stored in the cloud, cloud computing has influenced a true renaissance in how we manage and deliver applications and services. The appeal of migrating to the cloud is clear – greater speed, agility, flexibility, cost savings, and more. However, digital transformation also poses new security challenges -- especially when it comes to forensics and incident response.
This white paper covers five reasons why you need Cloud Investigation and Response Automation to ensure your organization is equipped to efficiently understand and respond to cloud threats.
Developers are there, attackers are there, you need to be there too!
Cloud experts are hard to find
Risk escalates at cloud speed
Multi-cloud is on the rise
Ephemeral means data
disappears in the blink of an eye
The document discusses cloud computing security. It outlines 12 major threats to cloud security according to the Cloud Security Alliance, including data breaches, compromised credentials, and denial of service attacks. It also describes security responsibilities for both cloud providers and customers. Effective security requires strong authentication, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and defining security architectures tailored to the specific cloud platform. With proper precautions, customers can benefit from cloud computing while maintaining adequate security.
Security in Clouds: Cloud security challenges – Software as a
Service Security, Common Standards: The Open Cloud Consortium – The Distributed management Task Force – Standards for application Developers – Standards for Messaging – Standards for Security, End user access to cloud computing, Mobile Internet devices and the cloud. Hadoop – MapReduce – Virtual Box — Google App Engine – Programming Environment for Google App Engine.
MIST Effective Masquerade Attack Detection in the CloudKumar Goud
Abstract: Cloud computing promises to significantly change the way we use computers and access and store our personal and business information. With these new computing and communications paradigms arise new data security challenges. Existing data protection mechanisms such as encryption have failed in preventing data theft attacks, especially those perpetrated by an insider to the cloud provider. We propose a different approach for securing data in the cloud using offensive decoy technology. We monitor data access in the cloud and detect abnormal data access patterns. When unauthorized access is suspected and then verified using challenge questions, we launch a disinformation attack by returning large amounts of decoy information to the attacker. This protects against the misuse of the user’s real data. Experiments conducted in a local file setting provide evidence that this approach may provide unprecedented levels of user data security in a Cloud environment.
Keywords: Mist, Insider data stealing, Bait information, Lure Files, Validating user
How Deep Observability Powers Strong Cybersecurity and Network Insights Acros...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how new advances in deep observability provide powerful access and knowledge about multi-cloud and mixed-network behaviors.
This document discusses cloud computing security and outlines several key points:
1. It introduces cloud computing and discusses how it has reduced upfront costs for companies while allowing resources to scale as needed.
2. It then outlines some of the major security concerns for cloud computing, including whether cloud providers can securely manage large numbers of customers and sensitive data.
3. The document proposes several cloud computing models and architectures aimed at improving security, governance, compliance and establishing trust in cloud systems.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A NEW CLOUD SECURITY METHOD BASED ON MULTI CLOUDS ON OPE...cscpconf
Deployment of using cloud services as a new approach to keep people's platforms, Infrastructure and applications has become an important issue in the world of communications technology. This is a very useful paradigm for humans to obtain their essential needs simpler, faster ,more flexible, and safer than before. But there are many concerns about this system challenge. Security is the most important challenge for cloud systems. In this paper we design and explain the procedure of implementation of a new method for cloud services based on multi clouds on our platform which supplies security and privacy more than other clouds. We introduce some confidentiality and security methods in each layer to have a secure access to requirements. The architecture of our method and the implementation of method on our selected platform for each layer are introduced in this paper.
Design and implement a new cloud security method based on multi clouds on ope...csandit
Deployment of using cloud services as a new approach to keep people's platforms,
Infrastructure and applications has become an important issue in the world of communications
technology. This is a very useful paradigm for humans to obtain their essential needs simpler,
faster ,more flexible, and safer than before. But there are many concerns about this system
challenge. Security is the most important challenge for cloud systems. In this paper we design
and explain the procedure of implementation of a new method for cloud services based on multi
clouds on our platform which supplies security and privacy more than other clouds. We
introduce some confidentiality and security methods in each layer to have a secure access to
requirements. The architecture of our method and the implementation of method on our selected
platform for each layer are introduced in this paper.
Five Reasons Why You Need Cloud Investigation & Response AutomationChristopher Doman
With more than 60% of corporate data currently stored in the cloud, cloud computing has influenced a true renaissance in how we manage and deliver applications and services. The appeal of migrating to the cloud is clear – greater speed, agility, flexibility, cost savings, and more. However, digital transformation also poses new security challenges -- especially when it comes to forensics and incident response.
This white paper covers five reasons why you need Cloud Investigation and Response Automation to ensure your organization is equipped to efficiently understand and respond to cloud threats.
Developers are there, attackers are there, you need to be there too!
Cloud experts are hard to find
Risk escalates at cloud speed
Multi-cloud is on the rise
Ephemeral means data
disappears in the blink of an eye
The document discusses cloud computing security. It outlines 12 major threats to cloud security according to the Cloud Security Alliance, including data breaches, compromised credentials, and denial of service attacks. It also describes security responsibilities for both cloud providers and customers. Effective security requires strong authentication, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and defining security architectures tailored to the specific cloud platform. With proper precautions, customers can benefit from cloud computing while maintaining adequate security.
Security in Clouds: Cloud security challenges – Software as a
Service Security, Common Standards: The Open Cloud Consortium – The Distributed management Task Force – Standards for application Developers – Standards for Messaging – Standards for Security, End user access to cloud computing, Mobile Internet devices and the cloud. Hadoop – MapReduce – Virtual Box — Google App Engine – Programming Environment for Google App Engine.
MIST Effective Masquerade Attack Detection in the CloudKumar Goud
Abstract: Cloud computing promises to significantly change the way we use computers and access and store our personal and business information. With these new computing and communications paradigms arise new data security challenges. Existing data protection mechanisms such as encryption have failed in preventing data theft attacks, especially those perpetrated by an insider to the cloud provider. We propose a different approach for securing data in the cloud using offensive decoy technology. We monitor data access in the cloud and detect abnormal data access patterns. When unauthorized access is suspected and then verified using challenge questions, we launch a disinformation attack by returning large amounts of decoy information to the attacker. This protects against the misuse of the user’s real data. Experiments conducted in a local file setting provide evidence that this approach may provide unprecedented levels of user data security in a Cloud environment.
Keywords: Mist, Insider data stealing, Bait information, Lure Files, Validating user
How Deep Observability Powers Strong Cybersecurity and Network Insights Acros...Dana Gardner
Transcript of a discussion on how new advances in deep observability provide powerful access and knowledge about multi-cloud and mixed-network behaviors.
This document discusses cloud computing security and outlines several key points:
1. It introduces cloud computing and discusses how it has reduced upfront costs for companies while allowing resources to scale as needed.
2. It then outlines some of the major security concerns for cloud computing, including whether cloud providers can securely manage large numbers of customers and sensitive data.
3. The document proposes several cloud computing models and architectures aimed at improving security, governance, compliance and establishing trust in cloud systems.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A NEW CLOUD SECURITY METHOD BASED ON MULTI CLOUDS ON OPE...cscpconf
Deployment of using cloud services as a new approach to keep people's platforms, Infrastructure and applications has become an important issue in the world of communications technology. This is a very useful paradigm for humans to obtain their essential needs simpler, faster ,more flexible, and safer than before. But there are many concerns about this system challenge. Security is the most important challenge for cloud systems. In this paper we design and explain the procedure of implementation of a new method for cloud services based on multi clouds on our platform which supplies security and privacy more than other clouds. We introduce some confidentiality and security methods in each layer to have a secure access to requirements. The architecture of our method and the implementation of method on our selected platform for each layer are introduced in this paper.
Design and implement a new cloud security method based on multi clouds on ope...csandit
Deployment of using cloud services as a new approach to keep people's platforms,
Infrastructure and applications has become an important issue in the world of communications
technology. This is a very useful paradigm for humans to obtain their essential needs simpler,
faster ,more flexible, and safer than before. But there are many concerns about this system
challenge. Security is the most important challenge for cloud systems. In this paper we design
and explain the procedure of implementation of a new method for cloud services based on multi
clouds on our platform which supplies security and privacy more than other clouds. We
introduce some confidentiality and security methods in each layer to have a secure access to
requirements. The architecture of our method and the implementation of method on our selected
platform for each layer are introduced in this paper.
Container Workload Security Solution Ideas by Mandy Sidana.pptxMandy Sidana
Case study for coming up with good candidate ideas for a new entrant in the CNAPP market (Cloud Native Application Protection)
The imagined audience for this presentation is the leadership at a startup in the CNAPP space being presented by a product manager exploring the solution space for an MVP.
Cloud computing provides many benefits but also poses security risks due to data being stored remotely. This document discusses several key security threats in cloud computing like data leakage, attacks against the cloud infrastructure, and issues regarding access control and data segregation. It proposes some solutions to address these risks, such as access control management, incident response processes, data partitioning, and migration capabilities to improve security in cloud environments.
The adoption of cloud technologies has resulted in organizations accelerating their cloud migration process. But, doing so without taking necessary precautionary measures into account can make organizations vulnerable to the ever-evolving cyber-attacks.
9 Things You Need to Know Before Moving to the Cloudkairostech
Cloud computing has emerged and paved its way forward at an unprecedented pace. It has managed to simultaneously transform business and government giving rise to new security challenges. The emergence of the cloud service model provides business supporting technology with an increased efficiency than ever before. The paradigm shift from server to service has revolutionized the way IT departments think, design, and provide computing solutions and applications. Yet, these revolutions have given birth to new security challenges – the full impact of which is yet to be determined.
Cloud Security - Types, Common Threats & Tips To Mitigate.pdfDataSpace Academy
With businesses increasingly relying on the cloud, hackers are fast targeting cloud computing networks. There is an urgent need for robust cloud security measures to keep your network and data safe from prying eyes. The blog begins with a discussion on the significance of cloud security and types of cloud security. It also talks about the common threats faced by a cloud network. The blog further wraps up with a detailed list of the best security practices to follow to ensure a powerful security infrastructure for cloud networks.
Iirdem a novel approach for enhancing security in multi cloud environmentIaetsd Iaetsd
This document discusses security issues in multi-cloud environments and proposes a novel approach called UEG-16 (User-End Generated 16 character key code) to enhance security. The approach aims to provide clients anonymity about passwords to cloud hosts by having clients generate their own 16 character security codes instead of using passwords handled by third parties. This reduces the role of third parties and increases security. The document then provides background on cloud computing and discusses some common security issues like shared access between tenants, virtualization exploits, authentication and access control challenges, availability risks if redundancy is not under a client's control, and unclear data ownership policies in cloud contracts.
the_role_of_resilience_data_in_ensuring_cloud_security.pptxsarah david
Enhance data security with our Data Resilience Cloud. No software/hardware; solve security challenges. Scale resources dynamically. Achieve resilience, efficiency, compliance. Partner with Cuneiform for seamless cloud data protection.
Security in Cloud Computing For Service Delivery Models: Challenges and Solut...IJERA Editor
Cloud computing, undoubtedly, is a path to expand the limits or add powerful capabilities on-demand with
almost no investment in new framework, training new staff, or authorizing new software. Though today
everyone is talking about cloud but, organizations are still in dilemma whether it’s safe to deploy their business
on cloud. The reason behind it; is nothing but Security. No cloud service provider provides 100% security
assurance to its customers and therefore, businesses are hesitant to accept cloud and the vast benefits that come
along with it. The absence of proper security controls delimits the benefits of cloud. In this paper, a review on
different cloud service models and a survey of the different security challenges and issues while providing
services in cloud is presented .The paper focuses on the security issues specific to service delivery model (SaaS,
IaaS and PaaS) of cloud environment. This paper also explores the various security solutions currently being
applied to protect cloud from various kinds of intruders.
EveryCloud provides cloud access security and identity broker services to help businesses securely access and use cloud services. Their approach involves four stages: Discover to identify shadow IT and risks, Aware to develop appropriate policies and educate users, Comply to enforce policies and ensure regulatory compliance, and Certify to provide ongoing review and policy refresh through a managed service. This allows businesses to gain visibility, set controls, and achieve continuous cloud confidence over time as threats evolve.
EveryCloud provides cloud access security and identity broker services to help businesses securely access and use cloud services. Their approach involves four stages: Discover to identify shadow IT and risks, Aware to develop appropriate policies and educate users, Comply to enforce policies and ensure regulatory compliance, and Certify to provide ongoing review and policy refresh through a managed service. This allows businesses to gain visibility, set proper controls, and achieve continuous cloud confidence over time as threats evolve.
Get The Information Here For Mobile Phone Investigation ToolsParaben Corporation
Mobile phone investigation tools are essential for uncovering crucial evidence stored within smartphones. These sophisticated software solutions meticulously analyze call logs, text messages, GPS data, and app usage, aiding law enforcement and corporate investigators alike in solving crimes and identifying security breaches. With their advanced capabilities, they ensure thorough scrutiny and effective resolution, contributing significantly to justice and security in the digital age.
Gartner predicts that nearly 40% of enterprise IT application spend will be shifted to cloud versus on-premise by 2020.
However, most IT departments evaluate and select cloud-based apps based on their many business productivity benefits but a number of critical security and performance issues need to be considered at the same time.
This white paper details some of the major considerations you will need to focus on when looking for cloud app security. You will also learn about:
Limitations of existing products
Integrated cloud security gateway approach
Malware and data security challenges
And much, much more
Cloud Computing IT Lexicon's Latest Hot SpotTech Mahindra
Oracle aims to support both public and private clouds with a complete portfolio of products. Their strategy includes providing enterprise-grade technology through their PaaS platform and IaaS offerings. Oracle's platform allows customers to build, deploy, and manage applications and services in cloud environments. They are developing their portfolio of applications, middleware, databases, servers, and management tools to enable rich SaaS and cloud solutions.
Your clouds must be transparent - an intro to Cloud Security AllianceDavid Jones
The document discusses security issues with software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) models and the need for greater transparency from cloud providers. It mentions several large data breaches and outlines efforts by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to establish standards and best practices through research groups and guidance documents. While compliance does not guarantee security, the CSA works to educate organizations and help negotiate security understandings between vendors and customers.
the_role_of_resilience_data_in_ensuring_cloud_security.pdfsarah david
Enhance data security with our Data Resilience Cloud. No software/hardware; solve security challenges. Scale resources dynamically. Achieve resilience, efficiency, compliance. Partner with Cuneiform for seamless cloud data protection.
A Comparative Review on Data Security Challenges in Cloud ComputingIRJET Journal
This document discusses security challenges in cloud computing. It begins by providing background on cloud computing models including software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and deployment models. It then discusses various security challenges including those related to deployment models, service models, and networks. Specific issues mentioned include data breaches, data loss, insecure APIs, authentication and identity management. The document also reviews related work on cloud security and provides a comparative analysis of encryption algorithms used for cloud security such as DES, Triple DES, AES, and Blowfish.
PwC industry expert, Josh McKibben, helps us break down what a breach is truly comprised of, analyze key breaches as examples, and look for lessons you can bring back to your organization to avoid being the next headline.
This document discusses various risks associated with cloud computing including availability risks if a major cloud provider experiences downtime, security risks from attacks on user credentials or APIs, and confidentiality risks from data being shared across tenants or potentially accessed by cloud provider employees. While cloud providers are responsible for security of the cloud itself, businesses still bear responsibility for their own data security and need to carefully consider things like data encryption, access controls, and disaster recovery when using cloud services.
This document provides an overview of tools and best practices for incident response in an Azure environment. It summarizes key Azure Active Directory commands for identifying and deactivating compromised user accounts. It also outlines how to identify legacy authentication methods, applications using AD authentication, and snapshots that can be used for forensics. Additional sections cover extracting logs from Azure, restricting administrative access, requiring multi-factor authentication, and enabling logging.
With the rapid migration to the cloud,
it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep track
of all of the different data sources, commands,
and tools available from each Cloud Service
Provider (CSP). This cheat sheet was designed
to provide security professionals with an overview
of key best practices, data sources and tools that
they can have at their disposal when responding
to an incident in an AWS environment.
Container Workload Security Solution Ideas by Mandy Sidana.pptxMandy Sidana
Case study for coming up with good candidate ideas for a new entrant in the CNAPP market (Cloud Native Application Protection)
The imagined audience for this presentation is the leadership at a startup in the CNAPP space being presented by a product manager exploring the solution space for an MVP.
Cloud computing provides many benefits but also poses security risks due to data being stored remotely. This document discusses several key security threats in cloud computing like data leakage, attacks against the cloud infrastructure, and issues regarding access control and data segregation. It proposes some solutions to address these risks, such as access control management, incident response processes, data partitioning, and migration capabilities to improve security in cloud environments.
The adoption of cloud technologies has resulted in organizations accelerating their cloud migration process. But, doing so without taking necessary precautionary measures into account can make organizations vulnerable to the ever-evolving cyber-attacks.
9 Things You Need to Know Before Moving to the Cloudkairostech
Cloud computing has emerged and paved its way forward at an unprecedented pace. It has managed to simultaneously transform business and government giving rise to new security challenges. The emergence of the cloud service model provides business supporting technology with an increased efficiency than ever before. The paradigm shift from server to service has revolutionized the way IT departments think, design, and provide computing solutions and applications. Yet, these revolutions have given birth to new security challenges – the full impact of which is yet to be determined.
Cloud Security - Types, Common Threats & Tips To Mitigate.pdfDataSpace Academy
With businesses increasingly relying on the cloud, hackers are fast targeting cloud computing networks. There is an urgent need for robust cloud security measures to keep your network and data safe from prying eyes. The blog begins with a discussion on the significance of cloud security and types of cloud security. It also talks about the common threats faced by a cloud network. The blog further wraps up with a detailed list of the best security practices to follow to ensure a powerful security infrastructure for cloud networks.
Iirdem a novel approach for enhancing security in multi cloud environmentIaetsd Iaetsd
This document discusses security issues in multi-cloud environments and proposes a novel approach called UEG-16 (User-End Generated 16 character key code) to enhance security. The approach aims to provide clients anonymity about passwords to cloud hosts by having clients generate their own 16 character security codes instead of using passwords handled by third parties. This reduces the role of third parties and increases security. The document then provides background on cloud computing and discusses some common security issues like shared access between tenants, virtualization exploits, authentication and access control challenges, availability risks if redundancy is not under a client's control, and unclear data ownership policies in cloud contracts.
the_role_of_resilience_data_in_ensuring_cloud_security.pptxsarah david
Enhance data security with our Data Resilience Cloud. No software/hardware; solve security challenges. Scale resources dynamically. Achieve resilience, efficiency, compliance. Partner with Cuneiform for seamless cloud data protection.
Security in Cloud Computing For Service Delivery Models: Challenges and Solut...IJERA Editor
Cloud computing, undoubtedly, is a path to expand the limits or add powerful capabilities on-demand with
almost no investment in new framework, training new staff, or authorizing new software. Though today
everyone is talking about cloud but, organizations are still in dilemma whether it’s safe to deploy their business
on cloud. The reason behind it; is nothing but Security. No cloud service provider provides 100% security
assurance to its customers and therefore, businesses are hesitant to accept cloud and the vast benefits that come
along with it. The absence of proper security controls delimits the benefits of cloud. In this paper, a review on
different cloud service models and a survey of the different security challenges and issues while providing
services in cloud is presented .The paper focuses on the security issues specific to service delivery model (SaaS,
IaaS and PaaS) of cloud environment. This paper also explores the various security solutions currently being
applied to protect cloud from various kinds of intruders.
EveryCloud provides cloud access security and identity broker services to help businesses securely access and use cloud services. Their approach involves four stages: Discover to identify shadow IT and risks, Aware to develop appropriate policies and educate users, Comply to enforce policies and ensure regulatory compliance, and Certify to provide ongoing review and policy refresh through a managed service. This allows businesses to gain visibility, set controls, and achieve continuous cloud confidence over time as threats evolve.
EveryCloud provides cloud access security and identity broker services to help businesses securely access and use cloud services. Their approach involves four stages: Discover to identify shadow IT and risks, Aware to develop appropriate policies and educate users, Comply to enforce policies and ensure regulatory compliance, and Certify to provide ongoing review and policy refresh through a managed service. This allows businesses to gain visibility, set proper controls, and achieve continuous cloud confidence over time as threats evolve.
Get The Information Here For Mobile Phone Investigation ToolsParaben Corporation
Mobile phone investigation tools are essential for uncovering crucial evidence stored within smartphones. These sophisticated software solutions meticulously analyze call logs, text messages, GPS data, and app usage, aiding law enforcement and corporate investigators alike in solving crimes and identifying security breaches. With their advanced capabilities, they ensure thorough scrutiny and effective resolution, contributing significantly to justice and security in the digital age.
Gartner predicts that nearly 40% of enterprise IT application spend will be shifted to cloud versus on-premise by 2020.
However, most IT departments evaluate and select cloud-based apps based on their many business productivity benefits but a number of critical security and performance issues need to be considered at the same time.
This white paper details some of the major considerations you will need to focus on when looking for cloud app security. You will also learn about:
Limitations of existing products
Integrated cloud security gateway approach
Malware and data security challenges
And much, much more
Cloud Computing IT Lexicon's Latest Hot SpotTech Mahindra
Oracle aims to support both public and private clouds with a complete portfolio of products. Their strategy includes providing enterprise-grade technology through their PaaS platform and IaaS offerings. Oracle's platform allows customers to build, deploy, and manage applications and services in cloud environments. They are developing their portfolio of applications, middleware, databases, servers, and management tools to enable rich SaaS and cloud solutions.
Your clouds must be transparent - an intro to Cloud Security AllianceDavid Jones
The document discusses security issues with software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) models and the need for greater transparency from cloud providers. It mentions several large data breaches and outlines efforts by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to establish standards and best practices through research groups and guidance documents. While compliance does not guarantee security, the CSA works to educate organizations and help negotiate security understandings between vendors and customers.
the_role_of_resilience_data_in_ensuring_cloud_security.pdfsarah david
Enhance data security with our Data Resilience Cloud. No software/hardware; solve security challenges. Scale resources dynamically. Achieve resilience, efficiency, compliance. Partner with Cuneiform for seamless cloud data protection.
A Comparative Review on Data Security Challenges in Cloud ComputingIRJET Journal
This document discusses security challenges in cloud computing. It begins by providing background on cloud computing models including software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and deployment models. It then discusses various security challenges including those related to deployment models, service models, and networks. Specific issues mentioned include data breaches, data loss, insecure APIs, authentication and identity management. The document also reviews related work on cloud security and provides a comparative analysis of encryption algorithms used for cloud security such as DES, Triple DES, AES, and Blowfish.
PwC industry expert, Josh McKibben, helps us break down what a breach is truly comprised of, analyze key breaches as examples, and look for lessons you can bring back to your organization to avoid being the next headline.
This document discusses various risks associated with cloud computing including availability risks if a major cloud provider experiences downtime, security risks from attacks on user credentials or APIs, and confidentiality risks from data being shared across tenants or potentially accessed by cloud provider employees. While cloud providers are responsible for security of the cloud itself, businesses still bear responsibility for their own data security and need to carefully consider things like data encryption, access controls, and disaster recovery when using cloud services.
This document provides an overview of tools and best practices for incident response in an Azure environment. It summarizes key Azure Active Directory commands for identifying and deactivating compromised user accounts. It also outlines how to identify legacy authentication methods, applications using AD authentication, and snapshots that can be used for forensics. Additional sections cover extracting logs from Azure, restricting administrative access, requiring multi-factor authentication, and enabling logging.
With the rapid migration to the cloud,
it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep track
of all of the different data sources, commands,
and tools available from each Cloud Service
Provider (CSP). This cheat sheet was designed
to provide security professionals with an overview
of key best practices, data sources and tools that
they can have at their disposal when responding
to an incident in an AWS environment.
A New Perspective on Resource-Level Cloud ForensicsChristopher Doman
AWS classifies cloud incidents across three domains: Service, Infrastructure and Application. There has been much previous discussion across the Service and Application domains, see for example the excellent SANS DFIR 2022 Keynote. This talk will focus on the unique challenges and opportunities of responding to incidents in the Infrastructure domain. Cloud Service Providers, such as AWS, GCP and Azure, often introduce artifacts of forensic value when developing features for automation and monitoring of resources. Typically, these artifacts are undocumented and exist purely for the provider's own troubleshooting, but they also provide valuable insight to an investigator analyzing malicious activity on a system. Frequently, this insight surpasses that of “provider-supported” forensic data sources. Most of the discourse around performing forensics in the cloud focuses on provider-level logging. While this is undoubtedly useful, practitioners understand that resource-level forensic analysis is crucial when responding to incidents affecting cloud infrastructure. And much of this knowledge remains opaque and undocumented. In this presentation, Chris Doman, CTO of Cado Security will present novel research of undocumented forensic artifacts from cloud service provider specific operating systems and tools. He will provide the audience with an overview of forensic techniques across cloud compute and serverless environments. He will also discuss native operating system artifacts, contrast them with their cloud equivalents and consider their usefulness in the context of the cloud. Attendees can expect to gain a unique perspective on resource-level cloud forensics and should leave the talk with a host of new data sources and knowledge for performing forensic analysis of cloud resources.
This document lists several cloud forensics tools including Cloud Forensics Utils from Google which is an open source toolkit for analyzing cloud services, Prowler which is an open source tool for security assessment of AWS environments, varc which is a tool from Cado Security for analyzing AWS VPC flow logs, and ThreatResponse which is a cloud-based platform for investigating security incidents and automating response. It also mentions Cado Response which is a commercial platform from Cado Security and an automated forensics orchestrator for Amazon EC2 from AWS.
The document provides an overview of a free training program from Cado Security that covers cloud forensics and incident response fundamentals for AWS, Azure, and GCP, including topics such as digital forensics principles, investigative models, incident response planning, gathering an incident response team, running investigations, and containment and remediation. It also promotes Cado Security's incident response platform for investigating incidents at cloud speed.
"AWS Guard Duty Forensics & Incident Response" provides an overview of the AWS Guard Duty service and its forensic capabilities. AWS Guard Duty is a managed threat detection service that continuously monitors the AWS environment for potential malicious activity. The talk focuses on how Guard Duty can be used for incident response by providing detailed forensic data that can be used to investigate security incidents.
"EKS Forensics & Incident Response" will explore the critical role of Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) in incident response and forensic investigations. The presentation will begin by discussing the current threat landscape and the need for organizations to have a well-defined incident response plan in place to mitigate risks effectively.
The speaker will then delve into the various phases of incident response, including preparation, identification, containment, eradication, and recovery. The focus will be on how EKS can be leveraged to perform forensics investigations during the identification phase, with an emphasis on the tools and techniques available for gathering data and analyzing events.
The talk will also cover the unique challenges associated with conducting forensic investigations in a containerized environment and the strategies for overcoming these challenges. Attendees will learn how EKS can facilitate forensic investigations in containerized environments by providing rich telemetry data, monitoring tools, and analysis capabilities.
Finally, the presentation will emphasize the importance of communication and collaboration between security teams and other stakeholders in the organization during an incident. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how EKS can play a vital role in incident response and forensics investigations, and practical strategies for improving their organization's security posture.
In today's cloud-based infrastructure, AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management) is one of the most critical components for ensuring security. However, despite the many safeguards in place, IAM-related incidents can occur, ranging from simple misconfigurations to full-blown attacks. In this talk, we will discuss how to perform forensics and incident response for AWS IAM. We will cover the tools and techniques necessary to investigate and identify root causes of IAM incidents. We will also discuss how to mitigate and remediate incidents, as well as how to implement proactive measures to prevent future incidents. By the end of this talk, attendees will have a better understanding of how to effectively handle AWS IAM-related incidents and ensure the security of their AWS environments.
Participants will learn how to:
Understand AWS security features and best practices
Conduct forensics investigations in AWS environments
Identify and collect relevant data for investigations
Analyze AWS logs to identify indicators of compromise
Respond to security incidents in AWS
This talk will focus on the use of AWS Lambda for incident response and forensics. AWS Lambda is a serverless computing service that allows developers to run code without the need for traditional infrastructure. However, this serverless approach can make it challenging to conduct investigations and respond to incidents. In this talk, we will discuss the tools and techniques available for collecting and analyzing data in Lambda environments. We will also cover how to use AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config for real-time threat detection and response. Additionally, we will discuss best practices for securing Lambda functions and preventing incidents from occurring in the first place. Attendees will come away with a solid understanding of how to use Lambda for incident response and forensics and be better equipped to handle security incidents in serverless environments.
Cloud Security Fundamentals for Forensics and Incident Response.pdfChristopher Doman
As organizations continue to adopt cloud-based infrastructures, the need for effective cloud security measures has become increasingly important. In this talk, we will discuss the fundamentals of cloud security as it pertains to forensics and incident response. We will cover topics such as cloud service models, shared responsibility models, and the various security controls available within cloud environments. We will also discuss common cloud security incidents and how to perform effective incident response and forensics in the cloud. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to secure their cloud environments and effectively respond to incidents when they occur.
The AWS Detective Forensics & Incident Response talk will focus on the benefits of using AWS Detective for forensic analysis and incident response. The talk will provide an overview of AWS Detective and its capabilities, including how it can help investigate security incidents and provide visual representations of the investigation results. The talk will also cover key considerations and best practices for implementing effective incident response processes using AWS Detective, such as setting up AWS Detective and integrating it with other AWS services. Additionally, the talk will delve into the importance of forensic analysis in identifying the root cause of security incidents and how AWS Detective can help perform effective forensic investigations. The talk will also include examples of how AWS Detective has been used to detect and remediate security incidents in real-world scenarios, and best practices for using AWS Detective to improve overall security posture.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides a variety of services that enable businesses to manage their computing resources in the cloud. However, as with any cloud platform, incidents and cyberattacks can occur, which can compromise the security and privacy of data.
In this talk, we will discuss the process of conducting forensics and incident response investigations on the GCP. We will begin by providing an overview of the GCP security model and the tools available for monitoring and managing security incidents.
We will then dive into the different types of incidents that can occur on the GCP, such as data breaches, unauthorized access, and malware infections. We will cover how to identify these incidents and gather the necessary information for forensic investigation.
Next, we will discuss the forensic investigation process for the GCP. We will cover topics such as evidence collection and preservation, analysis of logs and network traffic, and identification of the root cause of the incident.
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This document discusses Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) forensics and incident response. It provides a link to the GKE documentation on cluster architecture and mentions Cado Security's incident response platform, which offers a free 14-day trial to access unlimited use of their response tools.
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The talk will also cover how ECS can be leveraged to perform forensics investigations during the identification phase, with a focus on the various tools and techniques that can be used to gather data and analyze events. The speaker will discuss the challenges associated with conducting forensic investigations in a containerized environment and provide best practices for overcoming these challenges.
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BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
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In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
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With more than 60% of corporate data
currently stored in the cloud, cloud computing
has influenced a true renaissance in how we
manage and deliver applications and
services. The appeal of migrating to the cloud
is clear – greater speed, agility, flexibility, cost
savings, and more.
Digital transformation also poses new security
challenges – especially when it comes to
forensics and incident response. The cloud is
complex. Cloud VMs, containers and
functions can be extremely difficult to access,
or worse, disappear in the blink of an eye. In
this modern cyber world – where new blind
spots provide attackers with a greater window
of opportunity – it is essential that security
teams have the proper visibility to investigate
and respond to potential compromises.
This white paper covers five reasons
why you need Cloud Investigation
and Response Automation to ensure
your organization is equipped to
efficiently understand and respond
to cloud threats.
1. Developers and Attackers
are There, You need
to be There too!
2. Cloud Experts
are Hard to Find
3. Risk Escalates
at Cloud Speed
5. Ephemeral Means
Data Disappears
in the Blink of an Eye
4. Multi-Cloud
is On the Rise
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Developers are There, Attackers are
There, You Need to be There too!
A match made in heaven, cloud computing and DevOps
provide the scalability, accessibility, and automation
required to implement new software at cloud-speed.
Prototypes can be developed in just weeks, versus
months or years. Sounds like a dream, right? It would
be – if cyber security had kept pace with the speed of
innovation.
Much of the security team’s effort to date has been
focused on securing feedback loops early in the
DevOps and software development life cycle, meaning
many organizations have adopted cloud protection and
detection technology such as Cloud Security Posture
Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection
Platforms (CWPP). However, when it comes to
investigation and response, there is a huge gap. Once
something bad is identified, organizations often don’t
have the ability to understand the true scope and root
cause of the incident.
Today, when a cyber incident occurs, security teams
often have little choice but to resort to their existing
detection platform for visibility. But, these tools weren’t
designed for a dynamic cloud environment
encompassing virtual machines, containers and
serverless environments. This means security teams
often respond to an incident without understanding its
full scope and they leave elements behind that attackers
can leverage. For example, recent research shows
80% of Ransomware victims that pay out are attacked
again. This is happening because security teams aren’t
conducting a proper and thorough investigation to
completely remove an attacker's access.
To adequately manage risk in today’s cloud-first world,
security teams require deep visibility across the next
generation of technology. This is where Cloud
Investigation and Response Automation comes in. While
getting forensic data in the cloud may seem like a
daunting task, cloud providers now make a range of
automation options available, and it is these automation
techniques that make it possible for security teams to
effortlessly dive deep. With visibility beyond what a
detection platform can provide, security teams are able
to make more informed response decisions – and
therefore, better manage risk across modern
environments.
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REASON #1
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The cybersecurity skills gap is a well known problem.
According to the 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce
Study, there is a global shortage of 3.4 million
cybersecurity workers. And with the rapid transition to
cloud, organizations are now tasked with hiring security
talent with deep cloud knowledge, on top of everything
else. It’s often just not possible for security teams to
perform forensics and incident response in the cloud with
the knowledge, tools and resources they have.
For example, even before an analyst can start their
investigation, they need to be able to determine the
types of cloud data sources that will be of most value -
and in today’s evolving cloud landscape, this is no easy
task. For example, there are over 200 products and
services in AWS, each with different security best
practices and data sources. Once security teams have
identified the types of data sources they wish to analyze,
gaining access is another obstacle. The cloud APIs are
much better than their on-premises equivalents, but
leveraging them still requires an in-depth understanding
of each cloud providers’ capabilities and the skillset to
write the scripts to call the APIs.
Done right, though, the advantages are innumerable -
you can automate elements of the process from end to
end - from acquisition, processing and analysis, to
taking response actions.
While it’s important to have a basic understanding of
the different data sources available in the cloud (e.g.
core logging platforms such as AWS CloudWatch,
Azure Monitor Logs, GCP Logs, Kubernetes Logs,
etc.), it’s unreasonable to expect any one individual to
have all the cloud expertise to perform incident
response investigations in the cloud. Using traditional
incident response approaches, analyzing all of these
different data sources can feel close to impossible, but
with Cloud Investigation and Response Automation,
analysts of all levels can perform forensics
investigations in the cloud. Cloud Investigation and
Response Automation solutions unify hundreds of data
sources across cloud-provider logs, disk, memory and
more in a single pane of glass. Further, this modern
approach means security teams can leverage the
cloud in a way that enables them to collect, process
and store critical incident evidence in a secure, flexible
and efficient way, while also allowing for easy
collaboration.
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Cloud Experts are Hard to Find
REASON #2
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But while attackers are moving at cloud speed,
organizations are struggling to keep pace. According to
research released by ESG in November 2021, 89% of
organizations have experienced a negative outcome in
the time between detection and investigation of a cloud
security incident. The primary reason, according to
respondents, is that it takes too much time to collect
and process the data required to perform forensics
investigations (approximately 3.1 days on average).
What’s worse, because of this, over one-third of cloud
security alerts are never investigated, according
to ESG.
Cloud, containers and serverless architecture have completely changed the way we build business
applications, and it has also fundamentally changed the way attacks and adversaries operate.
Attackers are evolving quickly – consistently developing new tools, tactics and techniques to
compromise the next generation of technology.
Earlier this year, the first publicly-known case of malware specifically designed to execute in an
AWS Lambda environment was discovered. Although the first sample discovered was fairly
innocuous in that it only runs crypto-mining software, it demonstrates how attackers are using
advanced cloud-specific knowledge to exploit complex cloud infrastructure, and is indicative of
potential future, more nefarious attacks.
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Risk Escalates at Cloud Speed
Lambda-specific log statement from Denonia
To keep pace with the adversary, security teams require
the ability to perform incident investigations quickly and
deeply. Thorough incident response requires security
teams to retrace an attacker’s every move in order to
close any existing gaps that could leave the
organization vulnerable to future compromise.
Moreover, they need to do this quickly, before
ephemeral workloads get spun down, destroying clues
attackers might leave behind. Cloud Investigation and
Response Automation enables security teams to
leverage cloud speed and automation to drastically
reduce the window between detection and investigation
and response.
REASON #3
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While security teams already struggle to get the data they need to
perform incident response in the cloud, the rise of multi-cloud
makes this task even more challenging for a few major reasons:
➔ Data silos - Each cloud provider has their own terminology, security tools, monitoring
logs, and APIs, making it difficult to know which data sources are most valuable to
capture, how to capture them, and moreover, how to efficiently investigate all of these
different sources from multiple cloud platforms and environments.
➔ Skill & knowledge gaps - As previously mentioned, it’s already painfully difficult to
hire cyber security professionals with deep cloud knowledge, but finding security
talent that has the skill set to work in multiple clouds can feel close to impossible.
Today, most organizations leverage more than one cloud provider. According to Gartner’s 2020
Cloud End-User Buying Behavior Survey, 76% of respondents have adopted multi-cloud
infrastructure – whether it be to maintain SLAs and protect against outage, capitalize on
regional coverage, manage costs, or to simply maximize functionality. Even United States
Financial Industry Regulatory (FINRA) has stated that broker-dealers should be able to
switch cloud providers when needed and “consider the risks associated with vendor lock-in.”,
including “an exit strategy to mitigate against an unfavorable lock-in scenario.” Similarly, the
European Banking Authority warns against risk management associated with one provider,
urging its members to take “concentration risk” into account by avoiding a “dominant service
provider that is not easily substitutable.”
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Multi-Cloud is On the Rise
As a result, when an incident occurs in the cloud today, security and incident response
professionals face a lose-lose decision – do they close an incident without understanding the
full scope and impact or spend days to weeks stitching together an investigation which may
not yield the desired results? With so many companies adopting a multi-cloud strategy,
security teams need solutions that provide cross-cloud visibility to ensure full coverage and
visibility. Cloud Investigation and Response Automation is key to removing the complexities
associated with performing forensics and incident response across multi-cloud environments.
By completely automating data capture and processing, Cloud Investigation and Response
Automation solutions enable security teams to seamlessly dive into incident data —
regardless of where it resides.
REASON #4
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Cloud Investigation and Response Automation solutions make incident
response in ephemeral environments possible by delivering the following
capabilities:
➔ Automated Data Capture: Automation ensures critical evidence is captured and preserved for
investigation immediately following incident detection. This means security teams preserve
critical evidence and reduce time to incident containment and resolution.
➔ Container Asset Discovery: Since containers operate as virtualized environments within a shared
host kernel OS, it’s often challenging to keep track of asset workloads running across all
containerized machines in a scaled environment. An agentless discovery process that can
efficiently discover and track container assets enforces appropriate security protocols across all
container apps.
➔ Ability to Quickly Isolate: In the event a resource is compromised, it’s critical that security teams
have the ability to quickly isolate it in order to stop the active attack and prevent further spread and
damage. In some cases, isolation can be a good first step to take following initial detection. This
allows security analysts to perform a more thorough investigation in the background and ensure
proper remediation and containment steps are taken after you have a better understanding of the
true scope and impact of the incident.
Ephemeral Means Data
Disappears in the Blink of an Eye
One of the biggest challenges security teams
face is securing ephemeral environments
consisting of cloud, container-based and
serverless resources. These resources spin up
and down continuously making it almost
impossible for security experts to investigate an
incident and understand which assets and data
have been compromised. If malicious activity
occurs between the time one of these
resources is spun up and down, that data is lost
forever. Attackers are taking advantage of this
because it helps them cover their tracks.
When investigating an environment that utilizes
containers or other ephemeral resources, data
collection needs to happen immediately
following detection so that valuable evidence
isn’t destroyed. This can only be achieved
through automation. Additionally, because many
organizations have thousands of containers, it’s
also critical that automation is applied to
expedite data processing and enrichment as
well.
REASON #5
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Cado Security is the cloud investigation and response automation company. The Cado platform leverages
the scale, speed and automation of the cloud to effortlessly deliver forensic-level detail into cloud, container
and serverless environments. Only Cado empowers security teams to investigate and respond at cloud
speed. Backed by Blossom Capital and Ten Eleven Ventures, Cado Security has offices in the United
States and United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.cadosecurity.com or follow us on
Twitter @cadosecurity.
Conclusion
Security teams shouldn’t have to be cloud experts to secure their environment.
Analysts shouldn’t have to work across multiple cloud teams, jump through hopes
to gain access to a potentially compromised system, or require deep knowledge
across all major cloud providers. Applying modern security techniques and
technology empowers security teams to automate where possible and drastically
reduce the complexity and time required to perform forensics and incident
response in the cloud.
For a cloud-specific cybersecurity strategy, security teams need solutions that are
built for the cloud. Cloud Investigation and Response Automation enables security
teams to streamline data capture, processing and analysis so they can easily
understand risk across the most complex cloud environments.
At Cado, we believe that the cloud makes security easier, not harder. Cloud
Investigation and Response Automation allows security teams to augment the
end-to-end incident response process by leveraging cloud speed and automation.
By ruthlessly automating where we can, common investigative techniques can be
replicated – from capturing the right data to identifying an incident’s root cause,
scope and impact.
This automation frees up valuable focus time so that security
teams can prioritize the most important incidents and drastically
reduce overall Mean Time To Respond (MTTR).