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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Cloud Security Audit Process

 Phase I - Conduct As-Is Analysis

·         Technology Assessment

o   Hardware

§  On premise server

§  Router/Switch/Firewall

§  Encryption

o   Software

§  OS

§  DB

§  Application (Fuzz testing)

o   Cloud

§  Existing

·         Cloudfare (All services being purchased and used)

o   CDN (Cloud Delivery Network)

o   PWA (Progessive Web App)

·         Radware (All services being purchased and used)

o   (CWAF) Cloud Web Application Firewall

o   Bot Management

§  Capabilities

·         Secure Web Gateways (SWG)

·         Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

·         Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

·         Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS)

·         Data Assessment

o   Company Data

o   Customer Data

·         Communication Assessment

o   Data in transit cryptography

·         Documentation Assessment

o   Incident Response Plan (IRP)

o   Information System Contingency Plan (IRP)

o   System Security Plan (SSP)

o   Vulnerability Management Plan (VMP)

o   Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

·         Threat Landscape

o   Threat surface

o   Threat vector

o   Threat actor

§  Nation State

§  Insider Threat

§  Competitors

·         Compliance Requirements

o   PCI

o   GBLA

o   Privacy Act

o   FISMA 2002

o   GDPR (Europe)

o   DISA STIG

o   CIS Benchmark

 

Phase II - To-Be Recommendation

·         Technology

o   Hardware Recommendation

§  Router/Switch/Firewall Architecture

§  Encryption (AES 256 or higher)

o   Software Hardening Recommendation

§  OS Hardening

§  DB Hardening

§  Application Hardening

§  Data at Rest Encryption

§  Data in Transit Encryption

§  RBAC

o   Cloud Cybersecurity Recommendation

§  Multi Vendor

§  Single Vendor

o   Testing Recommendation

§  Based on compliance requirements

·         Documentation

o   System Architecture

o   Security Boundary

o   Incident Response Plan (IRP)

o   Information System Contingency Plan (IRP)

o   System Security Plan (SSP)

o   Vulnerability Management Plan (VMP)

o   Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

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