High compliance scores create confidence, not resilience. This article explains why CSPM baselines fail to stop real attackers—and what leaders must rethink to close the gap between compliant and compromised.
Most cloud incidents are not caused by missing tools or misconfigurations, but by architectural decisions that silently define how much damage is possible.
Key takeaway: Blast radius is an architectural outcome. Tools may detect incidents, but architecture determines how much damage is possible once something goes wrong.
Executives approve cloud security programs that look correct on paper—yet still fail in production. This explains why.
Key takeaway: Cloud security baselines reduce misconfiguration risk, not breach risk. Most incidents happen after everything is ‘configured correctly’.