Cloud Security Challenges for Indian Enterprises
Cloud migration is accelerating in India — but security teams are struggling to maintain visibility and control across dynamic multi-cloud environments.
Cloud Misconfiguration Epidemic
Industry research shows that the vast majority of cloud security incidents result from misconfigured cloud resources — exposed S3 buckets, public databases, permissive security groups, and disabled logging. CSPM continuously scans your cloud infrastructure for these misconfigurations and prioritizes them by risk.
API and Container Attack Surface
Modern Indian enterprises run hundreds of containerized microservices with exposed APIs. Each container image and each API endpoint is a potential attack vector — and traditional endpoint security cannot see inside containers or monitor API traffic. CWPP protects workloads at the container and VM level with runtime protection.
Excessive Cloud Permissions
Cloud IAM sprawl — too many users, service accounts, and roles with excessive permissions — is the most common path from initial access to full cloud account compromise. Falcon CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) identifies all identities and their effective permissions, flagging over-privilege and unused access rights.
Shift-Left Security Gap
Security is often only checked at deployment — not during build. Misconfigurations and vulnerable dependencies are introduced during development and slip through to production undetected. Falcon's DevSecOps integration checks Terraform, CloudFormation, and container images in the CI/CD pipeline before deployment.
Falcon Cloud Security Modules
CrowdStrike's CNAPP platform covers every layer of cloud security — from infrastructure posture to workload runtime protection to identity governance.
CSPM — Cloud Security Posture Management
Continuously scans AWS, Azure, and GCP for misconfigurations against CIS benchmarks, NIST, and compliance frameworks. Risk-scored findings with one-click remediation guidance. Drift detection alerts on configuration changes that deviate from secure baselines.
CWPP — Cloud Workload Protection
Runtime protection for VMs, containers, and serverless functions. Detects malicious processes, privilege escalation, file system tampering, and lateral movement inside cloud workloads — using the same CrowdStrike Falcon sensor deployed on endpoints.
CIEM — Cloud Identity Entitlement Management
Analyzes all cloud IAM permissions — users, roles, service accounts, and federated identities — across your multi-cloud estate. Identifies excessive permissions, dormant credentials, and cross-account privilege paths that create attack surface. Provides right-sizing recommendations.
IaC Security — Shift-Left Scanning
Scans Infrastructure-as-Code templates (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, Kubernetes manifests) for misconfigurations before deployment. Integrates with GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines. Blocks deployment of non-compliant infrastructure.
Container Security — Image Scanning
Scans container images in registries (ECR, ACR, GCR, Docker Hub) for known vulnerabilities, embedded secrets, and compliance violations before they reach production. Runtime protection detects container escapes and anomalous behavior post-deployment.
Multi-Cloud Unified Dashboard
Single Falcon console covering all cloud accounts, all regions, all resource types — across AWS, Azure, and GCP simultaneously. No separate tools, no separate consoles. Correlates cloud findings with endpoint and identity telemetry for unified investigations.
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