--- title: Cloud Migration Security Guide: Risks & Checklist description: Cloud migration security requires protecting data, applications, and infrastructure across three phases: pre-migration, during migration, and post-migration.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-migration-security-guide-risks-checklist-h3cgxocvd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cloud Migration Security Guide: Risks & Checklist | daily.dev og:description: Cloud migration security requires protecting data, applications, and infrastructure across three phases: pre-migration, during migration, and post-migration.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-migration-security-guide-risks-checklist-h3cgxocvd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H3cgXocVd.png og:image:alt: Cloud Migration Security Guide: Risks & Checklist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cloud Migration Security Guide: Risks & Checklist **[Spacelift](https://daily.dev/sources/spacelift)** · 18 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cloud migration security requires protecting data, applications, and infrastructure across three phases: pre-migration, during migration, and post-migration. Most cloud breaches stem from misconfigurations, weak IAM, and misreading the shared responsibility model rather than provider failures. Key risks include data exposure in transit, misconfigured resources, inconsistent IAM, compliance violations, poor observability, and supply chain threats. Best practices include building a secure landing zone before migration, encrypting all data in transit with TLS 1.2+, using temporary scoped credentials, deploying infrastructure via IaC with policy scanning, and running continuous compliance benchmarks post-migration. A phase-by-phase checklist covers asset inventory, data classification, compliance mapping, drift detection, and credential revocation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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