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Toni de la Fuente // April 12, 2023

Improving Your AWS CSPM with ProwlerPro

As organizations continue to move their data and applications to the cloud, ensuring the security of their cloud environment has become a top priority. Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) is a process of continuous monitoring and assessment of an organization’s cloud infrastructure to ensure compliance with security best practices and regulatory requirements. In this blog post, we will discuss what CSPM is and why hardening security in your AWS cloud is essential to your organization’s security.

CSPM involves monitoring and evaluating the security posture of your AWS cloud environment by identifying potential security risks, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities. CSPM tools, like ProwlerPro, can automate the detection of security risks and batch them into severity enabling your security team to easily identify next steps to remediate them. 

AWS is one of the leading cloud service providers, and with more organizations moving their data and applications to the cloud, it has become a prime target for cyber attacks. AWS provides many security features and services, but it is still the responsibility of the organization to ensure that their AWS environment is secured.

Here are some reasons why hardening security in your AWS cloud is important:

Data Protection: Your AWS cloud environment may contain sensitive data, such as customer information, trade secrets, and financial data. Any data breach or theft can cause significant financial and reputational damage to your organization.

Regulatory Compliance: Many industries, such as healthcare and finance, have strict regulatory requirements for data security and privacy. Hardening security in your AWS cloud ensures that you comply with these regulations, avoiding fines and legal penalties.

Business Continuity: Cyber attacks can disrupt business operations, leading to lost revenue and productivity. Hardening security in your AWS cloud minimizes the risk of cyber attacks, ensuring business continuity.

ProwlerPro can help harden security in your AWS cloud with more than 250 checks across multiple security categories. ProwlerPro dashboards offer real-time visibility into your AWS security posture

ProwlerPro can also generate detailed reports that highlight security risks categorized by risk severity, providing a clear understanding of the issues that require immediate attention. ProwlerPro can save significant time and resources that would otherwise be spent on manual security checks. 

Hardening security in your AWS cloud is critical to ensuring the security and privacy of your data and applications. CSPM tools like ProwlerPro can help automate security audits, identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and enable your team to prioritize the most critical actions to take. With the help of CSPM tools, organizations can maintain a strong security posture and minimize the risk of cyber attacks.

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