Summary

In this chapter, we focused on common security threats to cloud services.

For each of the identified threats, we reviewed potential consequences of the threat, a common example of the threat, and the best practices to detect and mitigate the threat, and after that, we reviewed the built-in services from AWS, Azure, and GCP that allow you to protect your cloud environment.

Knowing the most common threats you face when using cloud services and the various built-in cloud service capabilities will allow you to better protect your cloud environment.

In the next chapter, we will review compliance standards for cloud security (such as ISO 27001, Security Operations Centre (SOC), Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Star, and more) and the European GDPR privacy regulation, the PCI DSS, and the HIPAA laws.