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