Lessons Learned from Six Major Data Breaches

Executive Snapshot

• Figure: Executive Snapshot: Lessons Learned from Data Breaches

Situation Overview

• Lessons from Major Breaches

• Configure Cloud Components Carefully

• Key Lessons on Cloud Configurations

• Figure: Amazon Web Services Shared Responsibility Model

• Don't Just Patch, Patch Quickly!

• Key Lessons on Patching

• Figure: Equifax Breach and the Window of Exposure

• Segment Networks by Function

• Key Lessons on Network Segmentation

• Perform and Test Backups Regularly

• Lessons Learned on Backups

• Deploy Multifactor Authentication

• Lessons Learned About Multifactor Authentication

• Lock Down Your Storage Buckets

• Lessons Learned on Storage Repositories

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• Synopsis