The Amazon Web Services public infrastructure cloud is seeing massive adoption, and for good reason. Using AWS arms companies with advanced infrastructure that, in most cases, they could not possibly achieve in their own datacenters. In fact, According to Gartner, AWS has 5 times more deployed cloud infrastructure as their next 14 competitors have…combined.[1] Customers like Bristol-Myers Squibb, Unilever, and Lionsgate are taking advantage of the broad and deep services of the AWS Cloud to grow their businesses and accelerate innovation.[2]
However, using any public cloud infrastructure still requires proper implementation, especially as regards security concerns; this is true for AWS as much as anyone. An IDG Enterprises survey of 1,500 companies found that two-thirds of IT decision makers see security as the primary barrier to cloud adoption.[3] We asked real companies about the top cloud security mistakes made on AWS and found that many users rely too much on AWS and do not do their own due diligence as it pertains to their own cloud security. These experts revealed what they think are the top cloud security mistakes on the attached infographic.