Cloud Configuration overview

Detect and fix cloud misconfigurations

Panaseer’s Cloud Configuration provides comprehensive visibility across cloud accounts, identifying misconfigurations and prioritizing fixes based on business risk. By combining data from multiple cloud sources, such as Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Panaseer adds business context to cloud configurations, helping drive accountability and ownership of these accounts.

This feature enables teams to quickly identify which cloud accounts may not be covered by configuration scanning and offers clear metrics to support remediation efforts. Out-of-the-box dashboards and metrics allow organizations to monitor trends, track remediation progress against SLAs, and focus on high-impact areas within the business.

Benefits

• Full Cloud Visibility: Identify all cloud accounts and those not covered by configuration scanning.
• Risk-Based Prioritization: Focus on misconfigurations with the greatest impact on business risk.
• Accountability in Ownership: Assign clear ownership for cloud account configurations.
• Ready-to-Use Dashboards: Track trends in misconfigurations and measure remediation against SLAs.
• Accurate SLA Reporting: Exclude certain configurations as needed to ensure precise SLA tracking.
• Business Context: Understand the critical operations supported by specific cloud environments.

How Cloud Configuration works

Panaseer’s Cloud Configuration integrates data from multiple cloud sources and enriches it with business context, offering a complete inventory of cloud accounts. It highlights gaps by identifying accounts missing from critical inventories like CMDBs or CSPMs. Metrics can be broken down by business unit, cloud service provider (CSP), and region, helping teams identify areas with high risk and ensuring SLA compliance.

Teams can explore misconfiguration trends across CSPs, assess configuration issues by business unit, and monitor progress on remediation. This information helps organizations prioritize actions, drive accountability, and strengthen cloud security across the entire business.

Typical use cases

• Which cloud provider has the most SLA failures? Identify CSPs with misconfigurations that exceed SLA timelines and assess the associated risks.
• Are exclusions considered in metrics? Filter out exclusions to focus on in-scope metrics while understanding the accepted risks of these exclusions.
• Are all cloud accounts included in the CMDB? Highlight missing accounts to encourage accountability and track configuration status.
• Where are misconfigurations most common? Break down metrics by business unit and region to identify areas where misconfigurations frequently exceed SLAs, improving accountability.

This monitoring solution provides clear, actionable insights to help maintain a secure and resilient cloud environment across the organization.