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Cloud & Security BackUp: Would You Know if You Were Breached Today?

Kelly Harman, Customer Success Manager
Kelly Harman, Customer Success Manager

7 July 2025

Let’s start with a question: If someone breached your cloud environment today, how quickly would you know about it?

Be honest. No judgement.

Cloud is Powerful — But Risky Without Guardrails

Too many organisations assume their cloud is secure by default. But the reality? Misconfigurations and human error are putting critical data at risk every single day.

Common Cloud Risks:

❌ Misconfigured storage buckets (31% of AWS S3 buckets are public!)


❌ Excessive IAM permissions without least-privilege enforcement


❌ Poor visibility across multi-account, multi-region environments


❌ Shadow resources outside of governance


➡️ Result: Up to 30% of cloud security incidents start with misconfigurations
➡️ Insight: 82% of those misconfigs come down to human error

According to Qualys:

  • 99.91% of environments lack proper safeguards against data destruction

  • 90.86% can’t detect or audit hidden malicious activity in cloud storage

  • 82% of data breaches now involve cloud-based data

What Good Looks Like 🔒

It’s not just about tech — it’s about hygiene, discipline, and visibility.

Best Practices for Strong Cloud Posture:

  • Implement least-privilege IAM

  • Continuously monitor for drift and misconfigurations

  • Leverage CSPM and CNAPP tooling for visibility

  • Audit logs and storage permissions regularly

Let’s Talk Backups — Boring, Until You Need Them

Backups are often overlooked, until they’re your only option. But beware…

Top Backup Pitfalls:

  • Backups that are infrequent, untested or incomplete

  • Keeping backups in the same region/account

  • No clear recovery processes or RTO/RPO targets

  • Unclear compliance or retention strategy

58% of backup restorations fail when needed
 When did you last test yours?

What Does Resilient Backup Look Like?

  • Immutable, offsite, air-gapped copies

  • Automated policies across all workloads

  • Frequent recovery tests — not just annually

  • Compliance-aligned retention & residency

If you’ve never tested your recovery, assume it won’t work.

Feeling Called Out?

You’re not alone. Only 26% of organisations feel confident protecting mission-critical data. So if any of this sounds familiar, don’t panic — we’re here to help. Simply contact me for a friendly chat about how we can support you.

Thanks for reading!

 

Kelly Harman

Customer Success Manager, Cloud Bridge

 

 

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