Cloud adoption changes the allocation of responsibility; it does not remove responsibility. A secure platform baseline can coexist with an unsafe application permission or an unmanaged export. The important question is who owns the complete path from data to user.
01 / UNDERSTAND
The business issue
Cloud controls should be assessed at the resource and workflow level. NIST zero trust guidance provides a useful foundation for resource-focused access decisions. For each service, teams still need to establish the provider responsibilities and the controls they must configure themselves.
02 / ACT
Your action guide
Explore each step, then use the questions with your business and technology teams.
DECISION INTO ACTION
Define the ownership boundary
For a selected cloud service, list identity, network, data, logging, backup and configuration responsibilities. Assign owners where two teams each assume the other is responsible.
Define the ownership boundary
For a selected cloud service, list identity, network, data, logging, backup and configuration responsibilities. Assign owners where two teams each assume the other is responsible.
Control exceptions at creation
Use approved deployment patterns and a documented exception route. Give temporary sharing, elevated access and public exposure explicit review dates.
Look for drift
Compare the running configuration with the approved baseline. Validate changes with the application owner before remediation affects a live customer journey.
Ask the leadership teamWho can explain why this resource is exposed and who approved that exposure?
03 / VERIFY
What to measure
Establish your baseline and agree targets for the service. These are suggested measures, not claimed results.
Unowned resources
Deployed resources without a business and technical owner.
Baseline exceptions
Security deviations with no expiry or accepted risk.
Expired sharing
Data access continuing beyond its stated purpose.
Use this in your next risk review
Working prompts for your team. Selections stay in this page only and are not a security assessment.
04 / BUILD WITH US
How Genellipse helps
GeneSecure
GeneSecure can help connect cloud risk, identity context and security events into an investigation and remediation workflow.
Explore GeneSecureGeneComply
GeneComply can organize cloud-control responsibilities, exception records and supporting assessments. Genellipse supports architecture reviews and implementation planning for the selected cloud services.
Explore GeneComplyBegin with a small set of high-impact resource patterns. Consistent ownership makes secure delivery easier to repeat.
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