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Javier Godinez

CLOUD SECURITY ESSENTIALS 2.0CRAWL. WALK. RUN.

Principal DevSecOps ArchitectIntuit

Shannon LIetzDirector, DevSecOps & Security EngIntuit @devsecops

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IN THE CLOUD,

EVERYTHING IS CODE...

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Uh… where do these go?

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EOL JUSTHAPPENS...

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Let’s switch some things around…

Data CenterNetwork

ServersVirtualization

Operations

Platforms

Buyer IdentifierCloud Account(s)

Virtual IP AddressesContainerization

Appliances

Storage

Security Features

ApplicationsEphemeral Instances

Scale on DemandIAAS, PAAS, SAAS

Resource TestingBuilt-In Security

Long-Term Contracts Partner Marketplaces

Slow-ish Decisions

Experiments

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The Basic Cloud Model

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VPCs

Block Storage

Object Storage

RelationalDatabases

NoSQLDatabases

Containers

ContentAcceleration

Messaging Email

Utilities

Key Management

API/Templates

Certificate Management

PartnerPlatform

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Reality…

Internet

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CLOUD IS GREAT!

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Developers have lots of options…

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And Attackers also have lots of options…

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UH... WE’RE NOT IN {KANSAS} ANYMORE

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DevOps brings mega-change!

This collaborative effort can help DevOps-led projects make IT operational metrics 100 times better, and in so doing offers “an evolutionary fork in the road” which could lead to the “end of security as we know it,” added Joshua Corman – founder of Rugged DevOps and I am the Cavalry.

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosec15-devops-end-of-security

… And maybe that’s a good thing!

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Top 5 Cloud Security Principles 2.0

The Cloud is not a Datacenter.

Reduce blast radius; play the odds.

Encryption is inconvenient.

Speed & Ease is both Friend & Foe.

Protection is ideal; Detection is a must!

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EVERY COMPANY HAS SOMETHING IN THE CLOUD... THERE’S REALLY NO WAY OUT.

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The Cloud is not a Datacenter.

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VPNs that connect to Clouds are evil!

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Cloud Web ConsoleAPI Credentials

“NEW” BOUNDARY HAS ALL THE WEAKNESSES OF BOTH AND MIXES TWO DIFFERENT SECURITY MODELS!

Remote Access

PRIVATE

SOFTWARE VPN

MANAGED VPN

10.0.0.0/8Connected & Routable?

No IDS?What do you mean the IP could change?

Tags? Security Groups? SDE?

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Host-Based Controls

Shared Responsibility and Cloud require host-based controls.

Instrumentation is everything!

Fine-grained controls require more scrutiny and bigger big data analysis.

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Tested machine image…Tested instances...Tested roles...Tested passwords...

New instance created…Instance 12345 changed…User ABC accessed Instance 12345...

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Lights out…

Lights out datacenters have always been a desired nirvana.

Automation is required to stack and replace cloud workloads.

Cloud security benefits are derived from lights out…

Automation & Instrumentation

Ephemeral Bastions

Drift Management

Security TestingTested machine image…Tested instances...Tested roles...Tested passwords...

New instance created…Instance 12345 changed…User ABC accessed Instance 12345...

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Bastion Instance Instance

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Long live APIs…

Everything in the cloud should be an API, even Security…

Protocols that are not cloudy should not span across environments.

If you wouldn’t put it on the Internet then you should put an API and Authentication in front of it:

Messaging

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User Routing

Data Replication

ApplicationGateway

File Transfers

Log Sharing

Messaging

My API

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IT’S GOING TO BE A BLAST!

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Blast Radius is a real thing…

R.I.P.

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Beware of Orchestrators…

Orchestration creates blast radius because it centralizes the deployment/security for cloud workloads.

Tools that act on behalf usually require credentials and create blindspots.

Non-native tools require specialized skills and make it difficult to gain context on what the right behavior should be.

Cloud Orchestration Platform

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What’s normal?

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Account Sharding is a new control!

Splitting cloud workloads into many accounts has a benefit.

Accounts should contain less than 100% of a cloud workload.

Works well with APIs; works dismal with forklifts.

What is your appetite for risk? Cloud WorkloadTemplates

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MFA is a MUST!

Passwords don’t work.

Passwords aren’t enough to protect infrastructure.

Use MFA to protect User accounts and API credentials used by Humans.

On some cloud platforms it is possible to make roles work only when MFA is provided and for certain actions to require MFA.

123456

Implement cloud template…API Credentials accepted...Please input your MFA token:XXXXXX (123456)Cloud stack 123 has been implemented.

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Cloud Disaster Recovery is a different animal…

Regional recovery is not enough to cover security woes.

Security events can quickly escalate to disasters.

Got a disaster recovery team?

Multi-Account strategies with separation of duties can help.

Don’t hard code if you can help it.

Encryption is inconvenient, but necessary…

Cloud WorkloadTemplates

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BEGINENCRYPTED TRANSMISSION...

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Encryption is a necessary evil…

It helps with Safe Harbor.

It helps with SQL Injection.

It helps with Data Ownership.

It helps with Privacy.

It’s not a silver bullet…

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So much inconvenience

It can limit scale and it may narrow design options.

Scalable Key Management is really hard in the cloud.

Inconvenience commonly comes from blue/green changes, dynamic environment & sharing secrets for auto-scale.

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Overcoming Inconvenience

Use built-in transparent encryption when possible.

Use native cloud key management and encryption when available.

Develop back up strategies for keys and secrets.

Apply App Level Encryption to help with SQL Injection and preserving Safe Harbor.

Use APIs to exchange data and rotate encryption.

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FRIEND AND FOE...

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Speed & Ease can create problems…

Overloaded terms like “Policy” can cause confusion for DevOps and Security teams.

Applying broad controls to narrow problems can create gaps.

Security reviews are too slow…

Mistakes can and do happen!!

Security scanners and testing tools are not yet available for solving these speed & ease challenges. DEVOPS SECURITY

CLOUD SECURITY POLICIESSECURITY AS CODE

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How do I?Did you mean?What is?

Sigh…It’s like we aren’t speaking the same language…

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Mixed modes don’t work

Forklifts are not a good idea because the original controls operate different.

Systems designed for waterfall don’t have an easy path to achieve agile.

Fragile applications in the cloud are easy pickings for attackers!

MAN – THIS SHELL IS HEAVY!

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Code can solve the divide

Paper-resident policies do not stand up to constant cloud evolution and lessons learned.

Translation from paper to code can lead to mistakes.

Traditional security policies do not 1:1 translate to Full Stack deployments.

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• LOCK YOUR DOORS• BADGE IN• AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY• BACKGROUND CHECKS

• CHOOSE STRONG PASSWORDS• USE MFA• ROTATE API CREDENTIALS• CROSS-ACCOUNT ACCESS

EVERYTHING AS CODE

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Speed & Ease can increase security!

Fast remediation can remove attack path quickly.

Resolution can be achieved in minutes compared to months in a datacenter environment.

Continuous Delivery has an advantage of being able to publish over an attacker.

Built-in forensic snapshots and blue/green publishing can allow for systems to be recovered while an investigation takes place.

APP APP

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APP

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ATTACKED FORENSICSRECOVERED

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EYES & EARS ...

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Shift controls & mindset

SecurityMonitoring

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Cloud Security is a Big Data Challenge…

DevOps + Security is the biggest big data challenge ahead.

Use Attack Models and choose the right Data Sources to discover attacks in near real-time.

Develop a scientific approach to help DevOps teams get the security feedback loop they have been looking for.

• Web Access Logs• Java Instrumentation• Proxy Logs• DNS Logs

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Cloud Security Feedback Loop

insightssecuritysciencesecurity

tools & data

Cloud accounts

S3

Glacier

EC2

CloudTrail

ingestion

threat intel

SPEED MATTERS

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THE OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS...

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Safe experimentation is critical…

Test possible solutions, arrive at Good Enough.

Crawl-Walk-Run plans can save your org from large-scale incidents.

Keep up with Lessons Learned!

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10 DAYS

Don’t Hug Your Instances…

Research suggests that you should replace your instances at least every 10 days, and that may not be often enough.

Use Blue/Green or Red/Black deployments to reduce security issues by baking in patching.

Make sure to keep a snapshot for forensic and compliance purposes.

Use config management automation to make changes part of the stack.

Refresh routinely; refresh often!

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Use Cloud Native Security Features...

Cloud native security features are designed to be cloudy.

Audit is a primary need!

Configuration and baseline checks baked into a Cloud Provider’s Platform help with making decisions and uncovering risks early in the Continuous Delivery cycle.

Be deliberate about how to use built-in security controls and who has access.

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Security as Code… gotta do it.

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Apply what you learned today…

Next week you should:Understand how your organization is or plans to use cloud providers

Identify cloud workloads and virtual blast radius within your organization

In the first 3 months following this presentation you should:Begin to build Security as Code skills and run cloud security experiments to understand the issues

Develop Crawl-Walk-Run plans to help your organization build security into cloud workloads

Within 6 months you should:Cloud workloads have been instrumented for known security issues and flagged during the Continuous Delivery of software to the cloud

Your group has begun to test using Red Team methods and automation to ensure end-to-end security for your cloud workloads

Remediation happens in hours to days as a result of automation

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