You contracted a builder to construct a new house on land you acquired, and he says it’s ready for you to pack up your stuff and move in. Upon inspection, you realize that the doors have a single deadbolt lock, windows on the first floor are easy to remove, and they haven’t installed the video alarm system. Are you ready to move in, or will you insist that the contractor address these security gaps first?
The question of security readiness plays out every time a devops team configures new cloud environments, lifts and shifts an application to the cloud, or deploys cloud databases and data lakes.
