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Wiz Report Finds 47% of Companies Expose a Cloud Database or Storage Bucket

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Summary

Wiz says its scans found that 47% of companies had at least one internet-exposed database or storage bucket; a bucket with a guessable name could be discovered and accessed in under 13 hours.

Key points

  • Wiz says its report is based on scans of more than 200,000 cloud accounts, including environments at over 30% of Fortune 100 companies.
  • The report says 47% of companies had at least one database or storage bucket publicly exposed to the internet.
  • Wiz says an attacker could discover and access an exposed bucket with a guessable name in less than 13 hours.
  • The article reports that 57% of companies use more than one cloud platform.
  • It reports increases in the number of possible API calls over the past year: 15% in AWS, 20% in Azure, and 45% in GCP.

Article Details

Event Type
Cloud security report on risks and adoption trends
Impact
The report describes widespread cloud exposure risks: 47% of companies scanned had at least one database or storage bucket publicly exposed, and an exposed bucket with a guessable name could be discovered and accessed in under 13 hours. It also notes growing attack surfaces from expanding cloud APIs and the security challenges of multi-cloud environments.

Products

AWSMany new capabilities were introduced, with the number of possible API calls increasing by 15% in AWS, 20% in Azure, and 45% in GCP.AzureMany new capabilities were introduced, with the number of possible API calls increasing by 15% in AWS, 20% in Azure, and 45% in GCP.GCPMany new capabilities were introduced, with the number of possible API calls increasing by 15% in AWS, 20% in Azure, and 45% in GCP.

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