
May 15, 2025 in Secure Egress, Salt Typhoon By Jessica MacGregor
There’s no doubt that reliance on the cloud for business-critical workloads has fundamentally shifted the way enterprises think about defending themselves from incoming threats.
Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and access controls scrutinize ingress or inbound traffic attempting to enter your corporate network.
However, many cloud network security strategies have a dangerous gap: egress security— monitoring and controlling the traffic leaving your network. Recent high-profile attacks like the Salt Typhoon campaign and the rise of Medusa ransomware-as-a-service demonstrate that this “back door” has become a primary target for sophisticated threat actors.