Glossary
Cloud Penetration Testing
Cloud pen testing is hiring ethical hackers to try breaking into your cloud - they find holes so you can fix them first.
What is Cloud Penetration Testing?
Authorized security testing of cloud environments to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Why Should You Care?
Cloud environments have unique attack surfaces. Traditional pen testing may miss cloud-specific vulnerabilities.
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Real-World Example
A cloud pen test discovers an SSRF vulnerability that allows reading EC2 instance metadata credentials.
How to Protect Against Cloud Penetration Testing
- 1.
Include cloud services in penetration testing scope
- 2.
Review cloud provider penetration testing policies
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