Cloud environments ease application and data storage and help support distributed teams. Public storage buckets, broad identity permissions, and exposed services can all be openings for an attack. There are two ways to review these risks: cloud penetration testing and a cloud security assessment. While they have the same goal, they don’t always have the same means. A cloud security assessment, for example, is typically done to review the cloud environment and determine security gaps and misconfigurations. On the other hand, penetration testing looks to see if there are ways to exploit the vulnerabilities in the cloud. Which approach is better depends on the organization’s cloud configuration and security maturity. The best cloud security framework is the one that is most relevant to an organization’s business. It should give sufficient guidance to ensure progress is being made toward the organization’s goals and objectives.

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