Common Cloud Migration Security Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

This report summarizes ten common cloud migration security pitfalls—including lift-and-shift migrations, weak identity and access controls, mishandling sensitive data, misunderstanding shared responsibility, skipping risk and compliance assessments, lacking post-migration monitoring, poor cost visibility, infrastructure misconfigurations, weak cross-team coordination, and misalignment with business objectives—and provides concise mitigation advice such as workload reassessment, least-privilege and MFA, encryption and integrity checks, continuous monitoring, automated configuration hardening, and regular compliance audits to secure cloud migrations.