<ul><li>Misconfigured S3 buckets pose a hidden danger with public access due to default settings or improperly configured policies, leading to potential data leaks and security breaches.</li><li>Misconfigurations are often caused by rushed deployments, lack of security checks in CI/CD pipelines, inexperienced teams, and default settings in infrastructure templates.</li><li>Consequences of misconfigured S3 buckets include data exposure, cost spikes due to exploits, compliance violations, reputational damage, and the need for incident response measures.</li><li>To automatically detect and remediate misconfigurations in S3 buckets, the best approach is to use a combination of AWS Config for monitoring and AWS Lambda for executing custom code to fix non-compliant resources.</li></ul>

Misconfigured S3 Buckets: Detect and Remediate with AWS Config + Lambda

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