Optimizing Cloud Access Control with the Principle of Least Privilege
Bharti Dubey, Anamika Singh
As cloud setups keep exploding across the board, businesses are doubling down on spread-out networks to stash away, crunch through, and swap out all sorts of confidential info. The upside? Massive room to grow and bend without snapping. The downside? A tangled web of security headaches, especially around figuring out who’s allowed in and what they can touch. Right in the mix of solid security basics is the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP)—that straightforward idea of handing out just the bare-bones access needed to get the job done, slashing the chances of a hack turning into a catastrophe if someone’s login goes south.

