As more and more organizations' critical systems move to the cloud, simple mistakes can be catastrophic. Industry research has been warning for years that cloud misconfigurations are behind a huge percentage of breaches. For example, in 2024 SentinelOne found that almost 23% of cloud security incidents stem from misconfigurations. As threats have evolved, the ease of making mistakes in cloud setup has remained the biggest cloud risk. This blog looks at why misconfigurations are still dominating cloud security incidents and what you need to do about it.