# Cloud Application Security: Risks and Protective Controls

DevFeed: [Cloud Application Security: Risks and Protective Controls](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/guide-to-cloud-application-security-must-knows-and-no-no-s-huntress-54245.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.huntress.com/blog/cloud-application-security>)

Author: Brenda Buckman

Published: 2026-07-02T18:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Huntress Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/huntress-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cloud & Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-application-security.md>), [cloud security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-security.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Multi-tenancy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multi-tenancy.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [access-controls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-controls.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-application-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-application-security.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [multi-tenancy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-tenancy.md>), [policies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policies.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This guide explains cloud application security, how it differs from broader cloud security, and why application-layer controls matter. It describes risks from shared infrastructure, APIs, distributed identities, misconfigurations, overly permissive IAM roles, and exposed storage.

## Source excerpt

Cloud application security keeps threat actors away from your data. We share practical ways to protect your apps and why it matters for your team today.