Cloudy with a Chance of Vulnerabilities: Google Cloud Tops the Risky List!
New research reveals that Google Cloud and smaller providers are the class clowns of cloud vulnerability, with 38% of their assets sporting at least one security issue. This makes Google Cloud more than twice as risky as AWS, proving that sometimes, the clouds are indeed grayer on the other side!
Hot Take:
Google Cloud and the little guys are playing with fire while AWS and Azure chill in a fireproof bunker. If clouds were cars, Google Cloud just drove through a pothole of vulnerabilities, while AWS and Azure took the smoother detour. But don’t pop the champagne for Azure just yet; they’ve got their own critical potholes to fix! Meanwhile, smaller providers are acting like they’re in a demolition derby, smashing into vulnerabilities left and right. In the cloud rodeo, it’s a wild ride!
Key Points:
– Google Cloud tops the chart with a 38% vulnerability rate, compared to AWS’s 15% and Azure’s 27%.
– Azure takes the crown for critical vulnerabilities with a 0.07% rate, outpacing AWS and Google Cloud at 0.04%.
– Smaller cloud providers and major hosting companies show alarming vulnerability rates, some ten times higher than the big three.
– Google Cloud also leads in easily exploitable vulnerabilities, with 5.35% of assets at risk.
– CyCognito suggests a shift to “seedless” discovery techniques and dynamic security testing post-deployment.