"Are we vulnerable?" is a wrong question. The one that leads to real protection is "Are we exploitable?".
Risk isn't about how many CVEs you have. It's about what attackers can leverage to cause damage.
In the cloud era, attackers can harm a company without taking advantage of a single CVE.
They can simply drain your cloud budget by abusing storage, bandwidth, or compute resources, for instance.
Take file uploads as a good illustration of this. When there are no resource limits, the feature itself becomes a risk.
Scalability is great. But unlimited is not.
Many times, a few clear boundaries make all the difference, and every developer should be aware of them.
Let's dive into the technical side of this post. Just make sure they read it carefully.
ferranverdes•3mo ago
"Are we vulnerable?" is a wrong question. The one that leads to real protection is "Are we exploitable?".
Risk isn't about how many CVEs you have. It's about what attackers can leverage to cause damage.
In the cloud era, attackers can harm a company without taking advantage of a single CVE.
They can simply drain your cloud budget by abusing storage, bandwidth, or compute resources, for instance.
Take file uploads as a good illustration of this. When there are no resource limits, the feature itself becomes a risk.
Scalability is great. But unlimited is not.
Many times, a few clear boundaries make all the difference, and every developer should be aware of them.
Let's dive into the technical side of this post. Just make sure they read it carefully.