Audit Blind Spots in Modern Cloud: Risks Audits Keep Missing
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price $39.00
Non-Member Price $59.00
Overview
As organizations rapidly adopt cloud platforms, traditional audit approaches often fail to identify the risks that matter most. This webinar explores common audit blind spots in modern cloud environments, including misconfigurations, identity sprawl, excessive permissions, and ineffective continuous monitoring. Attendees will learn why checklist-based audits fall short in dynamic cloud environments and how leveraging Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and risk-based audit techniques can significantly improve assurance. Practical examples will illustrate how auditors and risk professionals can enhance visibility, prioritize findings, and provide stronger assurance to leadership.
Objectives
- Identify common cloud security risks and misconfigurations that traditional audit programs frequently overlook
- Understand why periodic, point-in-time audits are insufficient for cloud environments and how continuous change introduces audit gaps
- Explain how Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools support continuous risk identification, control validation, and audit evidence collection
- Apply practical techniques to modernize cloud audit programs, aligning audit, security, and risk teams around continuous assurance
Highlights
- Cloud Audit Blindspots
- Continuous Change Gaps
- CSPM-Enabled Assurance
- Risk-Based Prioritization
- Audit Program Modernization
Designed For
Audit partners/managers (external audit), Internal audit leaders and staff, SOC 1/SOC 2 and assurance practitioners, IT audit and technology risk professionals, Risk advisory/consulting professionals serving cloud-focused clients
Prerequisites
Basic cloud computing, cloud security risks, and audit techniques, including using tools like Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Preparation
None
Notice
Your webinar can be accessed via https://ctcpas.acpen.com/. If you do not have an ACPEN account, please sign up for an account using the email address you have on file with CTCPA.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Michael Ratemo, CISA,CRISC,CISM,CDPSE, Cyber Security Simplified
Michael Ratemo, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CDPSE, CISSP, CCSP, GCSA Principal Security Advisor Cyber Security Simplified
Michael Ratemo is a thought leader in the audit and cybersecurity field and serves as a Principal Security Advisor at Cyber Security Simplified. He has built a career reviewing security and IT programs, while advising organizations on effective strategies to implement for protection. Michael is the Author of the LinkedIn Learning Courses, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and Cloud Security and Audit Fundamentals in AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud and Building and Auditing a Cyber Security Program. Michael gives back to the community by providing mentorship to future security practitioners.
Non-Member Price $59.00
Member Price $39.00