ACPEN: Audit Blind Spots in Modern Cloud: Risks Audits Keep Missing

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.

Highlights

• Cloud Audit Blindspots
• Continuous Change Gaps
• CSPM-Enabled Assurance
• Risk-Based Prioritization
• Audit Program Modernization

Prerequisites

Basic cloud computing, cloud security risks, and audit techniques, including using tools like Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

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  

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

Preparation

 None