Introduction to Cloud Security : Agile India 2018

A short talk introducing some concepts around cloud security, starting with the fact that our focus needs to be on security generally before we can dive in to things specific to "cloud".

1. James Stewart |@jystewart | james@jystewart.net Securing “the cloud”
2. Software developer and product manager Co-founded UK Government Digital Service Deputy CTO, UK Government Digital leadership, technology and security advisor James Stewart |@jystewart | james@jystewart.net
3. @jystewart Why do we worry so much about cloud security?
4. https://www.wired.com/story/github-ddos-memcached/
5. @jystewart “Hackers stole a total of £130bn from consumers in 2017, including £4.6bn from British internet users, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Norton. The most common crimes were generally low- tech, such as attempts to trick individuals into revealing their personal information through bogus emails with generally low costs to victims.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/23/cybercrime-130bn-stolen- consumers-2017-report-victims-phishing-ransomware-online-hacking https://us.norton.com/cyber-security-insights-2017
6. @jystewart “Why does everyone who works in government become obsessed with security?”
7. @jystewart It’s all about trust and competence
8. @jystewart https://scotthelme.co.uk/protect-site-from-cryptojacking-csp-sri/
9. @jystewar https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/15/incident-report-gov-uk-dns-outage/
10. @jystewart Why do we worry so much about cloud security?
12. @jystewart Cloud represents change
13. @jystewart In using cloud we have to acknowledge that responsibility is distributed
14. @jystewart "the risk of the new should seem negligible compared to the urgency of change” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reducing-risk-cloud-overcoming- status-quo-bias-mark-schwartz
15. @jystewart Any change requires cultural shifts
16. GDS
18. @jystewart 1. Data in transit protection 2. Asset protection and resilience 3. Separation between users 4. Governance framework 5. Operational security 6. Personnel security 7. Secure development 8. Supply chain security 9. Secure user management 10. Identity and authentication 11. External interface protection 12. Secure service administration 13. Audit information for users 14. Secure use of the service
20. @jystewart So first
21. @jystewart Understand your context
22. @jystewart Identify your assets
23. @jystewart Consider your threats
24. @jystewart Harness the whole team
25. @jystewart Start from the end
26. https://www.schneier.com/academic/archives/1999/12/attack_trees.html
27. @jystewar Practice, practice, practice https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/06/running-a-game-day-for-gov-uk/
28. @jystewart But what about cloud?
29. @jystewart Focus on identity
30. @jystewart 1. Data in transit protection 2. Asset protection and resilience 3. Separation between users 4. Governance framework 5. Operational security 6. Personnel security 7. Secure development 8. Supply chain security 9. Secure user management 10. Identity and authentication 11. External interface protection 12. Secure service administration 13. Audit information for users 14. Secure use of the service
31. @jystewart Emphasise observability
32. @jystewart Build quality in
33. @jystewart Make change easy
34. Help everyone understand their context
35. https://www.gov.uk/design-principles & https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/9104280608/
36. @jystewart “If security doesn't work for people, it doesn't work” - Emma W from NCSC https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/cyberuk-2017-people-strongest-link
37. James Stewart |@jystewart | james@jystewart.net Thank you