Cloud Infrastructure
tag: [Engineer/Developer, Security Specialist, Operations & Strategy, Devops, Cloud, SRE]
Securing your cloud infrastructure could be considered as important as securing your decentralized application, as a lot of users will be interacting with your dapp through the cloud provider. Some best practices to consider are:
- Implement strict access controls and identity management to ensure that only authorized individuals can interact with cloud resources. Use role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Encrypt data both in transit and at rest. Use managed encryption keys or bring your own keys (BYOK) for enhanced security.
- Configure virtual private clouds (VPCs), implement firewalls, and monitor network traffic to protect against unauthorized access and threats.
- Set up comprehensive logging, monitoring, and threat detection systems to identify and respond to security incidents in real-time. Use services like AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, and Google Cloud Logging.
- Implement high availability, data backup, and disaster recovery plans to protect against service disruptions. Use automated fail-over and replication strategies.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, MiCA).
Cloud Provider Hardening Guides
All cloud providers have hardening guides that provide step-by-step instructions and best practices for securing cloud infrastructure:
- AWS: Security, Identity, and Compliance
- Azure: Best Practices and Patterns
- GCP: Security Best Practices
Open Source Tools
To aid with vulnerability detection and compliance, you could consider using the following open-source tools:
- CloudSploit: CloudSploit
- Prowler: Prowler
- S3Scanner (AWS): S3Scanner
- Zeus (AWS): Zeus