Adopting a serverless architecture enables your team to focus on core functionality, but it also introduces a new and complex attack surface. This guide provides a technical breakdown of the 10 most critical security risks specific to serverless environments. It’s designed to move beyond common knowledge to offer actionable intelligence for cloud security practitioners responsible for building robust and resilient applications.
What You'll Learn
This whitepaper provides an in-depth analysis of serverless vulnerabilities and the strategies required to defend against them.
Inside, you’ll find:
- Detailed Risk Analysis: An expert breakdown of the top 10 threats, from function event data injection and broken authentication to insecure deployment configurations and over-privileged functions.
- Code-Level Examples: Concrete examples in Python and JavaScript that illustrate how common serverless vulnerabilities manifest in real-world applications.
- Actionable Mitigation Strategies: Clear, platform-aware guidance for securing functions, managing secrets, configuring logging, and preventing denial-of-service attacks.
- Strategic Best Practices: An overview of essential security principles like least privilege and the role of IAM in containing an attack's potential blast radius.
Download the whitepaper to secure your serverless architecture and minimize your organization's risk.
