As organizations increasingly rely on platforms like AWS and Azure, misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and weak access controls have become common entry points for threat actors. We'll walk through real-world attack paths, highlight the most overlooked cloud security gaps, and discuss how to evaluate your current controls against best practices. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to strengthen identity and access management (IAM), enforce least privilege, and implement continuous monitoring to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and data exposure.