Anatomy of 5 Notorious Cloud Data Breaches

Dissect common types of breaches to understand how they are caused and prevented

Cloud data breaches follow distinct patterns and tactics. In this breakdown, we review how each data breach was caused and how they could have been prevented. Our focus will be on the five most common paths for breaches, namely:

• Identity and authentication for data storage
• Public cloud misconfiguration
• Key and secret management
• Overprivileged identities
• Insider threats