Assessing the Top Data Security Risks in AWS Environments

Cyera Research Labs presents telemetry-driven findings on the top data security risks in AWS, emphasizing operational issues like unencrypted RDS data, IAM misconfigurations, plaintext secrets, non-compliant external data access, and gaps in logging and monitoring across services such as S3, RDS, EC2, IAM, and Secrets Manager. The report focuses on empirical, frequently overlooked risks stemming from real-world configurations and data use, aiming to help organizations improve visibility, automation, and data-centric security practices.