The cloud didn’t remove
your attack surface.
It just moved it.
your IT provider isn’t recommending one cloud security vendor. Here’s what actually needs watching, and how to tell a real posture tool from a pretty dashboard.
Find your approach before you talk to a vendor
A few quick questions. We'll highlight the closest fit below, then you can read why.
Three approaches, three different levels of effort
Vendors bundle these differently and brand them however marketing wants that quarter. The underlying effort each one requires is what actually matters.
Manual Reviews
Periodic, human-driven audits of cloud configuration.
- Lowest direct cost
- Cloud changes faster than any quarterly review
- Entirely dependent on who’s doing the reviewing
CSPM Tooling
Continuous automated scanning for misconfigurations across your cloud.
- Catches issues the moment they appear
- Someone still has to act on every finding
- Can generate more findings than a small team can triage
Managed Cloud Security
CSPM tooling plus a team that actually acts on what it finds.
- Findings get fixed, not just flagged
- No in-house cloud security expertise required
- Highest cost of the three options
12 questions to ask any cloud security posture vendor
Click each one off as you go. Bring what's left to the sales call, a vendor who gets defensive about any of these is telling you something.
Does it cover every cloud you use not just the one you started with?
Can it find a public storage bucket before an attacker does?
Is remediation automatic or does someone still have to act on findings?
Does it map findings to compliance frameworks SOC 2 or HIPAA, that you actually need?
How many findings come back on day one and who triages them?
Does it catch permission sprawl not just server misconfiguration?
Is there drift detection when a "fixed" setting silently changes back?
Does it cover containers and serverless or only virtual machines?
What’s the actual time to remediation for a critical finding?
Is this a living dashboard or a report you read once a quarter?
Does it integrate with your ticketing system or live in its own silo?
Can you get a straight answer to all eleven questions above, in writing?
6 signs your cloud security posture is a liability, not a defense
These show up constantly in businesses that thought they were covered.
Nobody can say how many cloud storage buckets are public right now.
A "critical" finding from six months ago is still open.
Cloud accounts were provisioned by a developer who’s since left.
There’s no process for reviewing new cloud resources before they go live.
Compliance evidence is gathered manually, once a year, under deadline pressure.
Permissions were granted broadly "to make it work" and never revisited.
The buzzwords, decoded
We’ll look at what you actually have, then tell you the truth about it.
No vendor commission riding on the answer. Just a straight read on whether your cloud is actually exposed.
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