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Misconfigured AWS S3 Buckets Still Rising

I run this search periodically and I watch the climbing numbers of results with alarm. I ran it just now and it returned 143,000 results, up nearly 50% from a year ago. At this point, I believe that its incumbent on AWS to do something to stop spamming my data across the interwebz. The problem… Continue reading Misconfigured AWS S3 Buckets Still Rising

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Just How Big A Problem Is Shadow IT

Its not a problem until its a problem… Mickey Fox This should be enough to give you a bit of heartburn. The average large enterprise as 1200 various cloud services (including PaaS and SaaS offerings) that are in use and 98% of them are unsanctioned and unvetted SaaS apps according to the Enterprise Strategy Group.… Continue reading Just How Big A Problem Is Shadow IT

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Misconfigured AWS S3 Buckets on the Rise

If you have been following for any length of time, you know that I have been blogging about Shadow IT and the security risks it poses in terms of both data leakage and outright breaches. Leaving your IT infrastructure in the hands of the uninitiated who just happen to have a procurement card is arguably… Continue reading Misconfigured AWS S3 Buckets on the Rise