Firewalls don’t protect cloud environments.
Permissions do.
And most enterprises don’t control them.
🌐 The Reality
In cloud breaches, compromised identities do the damage:
- Excessive admin privileges
- Shared service accounts
- Forgotten access paths
- Privileges inherited unintentionally
Once an identity is abused, defenses become irrelevant.
🎯 Actionable for High-Value Enterprises
✔ Classify identities by criticality (human + machine)
✔ Enforce least privilege by default, not exception
✔ Review privileged access every 30–60 days
✔ Treat service accounts as Tier-0 assets
CloudCSF Insight:
Cloud breaches don’t start with exploits — they start with trust.