Cloud security novice to expert in 10 steps: Actionable CNAPP approach (SEC205)

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Introduction

• The speaker, Leor, is the Director of Cloud Security Advocacy at Tenable.
• The session is about CNAP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) and how it can help secure cloud environments.
• The speaker will cover the 10 "steps" (components) of a CNAP approach and how Tenable's Cloud Security solution addresses them.

The Challenges of Securing the Cloud

• New attack vectors compared to on-premises technology.
• Lack of a well-established culture and expertise in cloud security.
• Overwhelming number of available tools, leading to a scattered approach.
• Increased collaboration and access within the organization, which can be both an opportunity and a threat.

Tenable Cloud Security as a CNAP Solution

• Integrates with cloud environments, identity providers, CI/CD pipelines, and third-party tools.
• Provides a single pane of glass to control and manage the risk of the cloud environment.
• Focuses on three main areas: knowing what you have, exposing risks, and closing problems.

The "10 Steps" of a CNAP Approach

1. Visibility: Gaining a clear understanding of the resources and their relationships in the cloud environment, including infrastructure-as-code, registries, and identity providers.
2. Revealing Security Misconfigurations: Analyzing configurations and policies to identify low-hanging fruit and more complex issues, such as public resources and outdated access keys.
3. Controlling Identities and Their Entitlements: Identifying privileged users, third-party access, and inactive identities. Achieving least-privilege access through policy generation and just-in-time access.
4. Vulnerabilities: Scanning for vulnerabilities throughout the development and deployment process, across cloud accounts, on-premises, and containerized environments.
5. Data Classification: Integrating data security posture management to understand the sensitivity of data and the access to it.
6. Contextualization and Prioritization: Identifying "toxic combinations" of risks and understanding the full context to prioritize remediation efforts. Mapping findings to compliance standards.
7. Strategizing Remediation: Integrating with infrastructure-as-code to suggest changes with confidence, tracking the use of credentials, and automating remediation where possible.
8. Shifting Security Left: Scanning infrastructure-as-code, including reusable components, to detect misconfigurations and potential malicious code before deployment.
9. Automated Remediation: Integrating with ticketing systems, webhooks, and other tools to automate the resolution of identified issues.
10. Extending Beyond Cloud: Leveraging the broader Tenable One platform to understand attack paths between on-premises and cloud environments, such as from compromised local endpoints to cloud resources.

Conclusion

• Cloud security presents both significant opportunities and challenges.
• A CNAP platform like Tenable Cloud Security can help organizations navigate these challenges by providing visibility, risk exposure, and remediation capabilities.
• The key is to leverage the contextual information and prioritize the most critical risks to the organization.