Cloud security teams increasingly recognize that prevention beats detection. 50% of breaches stem from preventable errors, and organizations implementing preventive controls save $2M per breach. The business case is compelling.
The challenge? Most teams lack practical guidance for making the shift. Existing resources are either vendor-specific sales material or academic papers too theoretical for operational teams. Security teams need framework-agnostic guides that explain prevention-first principles and frameworks.
The Prevention Library addresses this gap.
A Comprehensive Resource for Prevention-First Security
The Prevention Library is a free, open-access collection of guides, frameworks, and educational resources for teams adopting prevention-first cloud security. These materials cover foundational principles, prevention frameworks, and PSPM platform concepts.
These resources provide:
- Framework-agnostic guidance that applies regardless of which tools you use
- Practical implementation strategies based on real-world experience securing enterprise clouds
- Clear explanations of prevention concepts without vendor hype
- Free and open access to help the entire industry shift toward prevention
The collection grows over time as we document more lessons learned and community members share their experiences implementing prevention-first security.
Prevention-First Framework
Getting Started
Prevention 101 New to prevention-first security? Start here. This guide introduces the core principles, explains why prevention matters more than detection, and provides a mental framework for thinking about preventive controls across the cloud deployment lifecycle.
The Prevention-First Manifesto The core principles that guide prevention-first security: Prevention over detection. Risk reduction over risk awareness. Guardrails over guidelines. Shift-left over shift-blame. A one-page manifesto that captures the movement's values.
Why Prevention-First
Why Prevention-First The business case for prevention. This guide explores six key benefits: eliminating exposure windows, reducing attack surface, lowering costs, achieving scale and consistency, maintaining compliance, and containing impact. Each section provides concrete examples and data to support the shift.
The Prevention-First Framework
What We Prevent A comprehensive taxonomy of preventable cloud misconfigurations. Organized by security domain (identity, network, data, compute, etc.), this guide catalogs the most common and critical issues that prevention addresses. Understand what you're protecting against.
How We Prevent Practical implementation approaches across the four layers of prevention: Build (code scanning), Access (SCPs and policies), Config (default configurations), and Runtime (real-time remediation). Learn which controls work at each layer and how to combine them for defense in depth.
Understanding PSPM
What is PSPM? Preventive Security Posture Management (PSPM) is the practice and platform category for operationalizing prevention at scale. This guide explains PSPM as both an operational framework and a platform category, distinguishing it from prevention-first philosophy and clarifying how it relates to existing security tools.
PSPM and CNAPP How prevention and detection work together. This guide compares PSPM and CNAPP platforms, explains their complementary roles, and shows how PSPM findings inform prevention strategy. Prevention stops issues before they start; detection catches what slips through.
Who Should Use These Resources
These guides serve different audiences at different stages:
Starting your prevention journey? Begin with Prevention 101 to understand the principles, then read Why Prevention-First to build the business case for your organization.
Evaluating PSPM platforms? Read What is PSPM to understand the category, then PSPM and CNAPP to see how these tools fit with your existing security stack.
Implementing preventive controls? Study What We Prevent to understand the threat landscape, then How We Prevent for practical implementation strategies across each layer.
Building executive buy-in? Share Why Prevention-First to demonstrate the business impact and The Prevention-First Manifesto to articulate the principles.
Join the Prevention-First Movement
Prevention-first security represents a fundamental shift in how organizations approach cloud security. These resources distill lessons learned from securing enterprise clouds at scale into frameworks others can apply.
Browse the Resources Explore the complete Prevention Library and discover which guides apply to your current challenges.
Share Your Experience These resources improve through community feedback. Share your experience implementing prevention-first security in the Turbot Community. What worked? What challenges did you face? Your insights help others on the same journey.
Learn About PSPM Platforms Ready to operationalize prevention at scale? Read about PSPM platforms and capabilities and connect with us to discuss how Turbot Guardrails can help.