Why S3 is the biggest gateway for cyber attacks
Are your S3 buckets fully protected? S3 is by far the most used AWS storage platform, making it a common entry and distribution point for malware and ransomware. Once inside, the impact can cascade to third parties and consumers.
- Date
- January 2, 2024
- Format
- On-demand webinar (registration required)
- Speakers
- Srinidhi Varadarajan and Eswar Nalamaru (Elastio)
- Focus
- Why S3 is now a primary entry point for cyber attacks
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Why S3 has become a primary attack surface
S3 is by far the most used AWS storage platform, which makes it a common entry and distribution point for malware and ransomware. If malicious content finds a host to run on, the impact can be devastating to your organization, third parties, and consumers.
Security best practices and leading compliance standards, including NIST, SWIFT, and UK Government protocols, stress the importance of scanning files in cloud storage before they’re accessed by applications or humans. This session unpacks why that matters and what a real implementation looks like.
- Why S3 has become one of the most exploited entry points in AWS environments.
- What modern compliance frameworks expect for object-storage scanning.
- How Elastio scans S3 content before it propagates into applications or users.
AWS architects, security and compliance leads, and platform teams managing S3-heavy estates.
Srinidhi Varadarajan
Chief Scientist
Elastio
Eswar Nalamaru
Product Director
Elastio
On-demand session
See why S3 has become a primary cyber attack vector and what to do about it.
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