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September 11, 2024

Choosing the Best IAM Framework for Long-Term Cloud Security Scalability

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the backbone of any robust cloud security architecture. As organizations scale, selecting the right IAM framework is crucial for maintaining security, compliance, and operational efficiency. Below is a comprehensive, practical guide for security team managers and C-level executives to ensure their IAM system is scalable, secure, and well-implemented. 1. Key Considerations for Selecting an […]

April 17, 2024

Understanding and Mitigating the LeakyCLI Vulnerability: AWS, GCP and Azure

Introduction to the LeakyCLI Vulnerability The LeakyCLI vulnerability identified by Orca Security is a critical issue found in the CLI tools of major cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. This flaw allows sensitive credentials to be exposed in build logs, thereby increasing the risk of security breaches. Azure has fixed the vulnerability, whereas, AWS and GCP have given […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 2 min read

February 14, 2024

Navigating the Aftermath: Mitigation Strategies for the “Mother of Leaks” Incident

The cybersecurity landscape was recently shaken by the “Mother of Leaks,” a colossal data breach consolidating information from various sources, affecting billions of records. This unprecedented leak underscores the vital importance of robust cybersecurity measures and responsive mitigation strategies. In this article, the outline contains critical steps IT organizations should take immediately and proactively to navigate the aftermath of this […]

Ayesha Arshad Cyber Security 4 min read

December 15, 2022

The Six Pillars of Well-Architected

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is like a compass that helps organizations navigate the challenges of building and operating systems in the cloud. It is built around six pillars that represent the key areas that organizations need to consider when designing and operating systems in the cloud: Operational Excellence is about making sure that systems are designed and operated in a […]

Ayesha Arshad Architecture Design 6 min read

May 10, 2022

A Checklist to Ensure EC2 Security

AWS is providing 200+ cloud services to Businesses and Enterprises. This article can be used as a checklist to ensure your EC2 instances are secure.

Ayesha Arshad AWS 3 min read

January 19, 2022

All you need to know about writing Least Privilege IAM Policies

The system of AWS IAM Policies provides a granular structure of permission sets. The reason behind this system is Least Privilege Model. The least privileged principle allows IAM identities to have the least required access level to complete their tasks. And this is an important unit of Well Architectured best practices. In AWS all operations are Implicitly denied until Explicitly […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 3 min read

January 18, 2022

Getting Started with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Identity and Access Management is one of the major components of the Triads of AWS Cloud Security. AWS is a vast collection of over 200 Web Services. And these Web Services are interacted with using API calls. Identity and Access Management provides the means to Authenticate, Secure and Authorize these API calls. These API calls are either made by Users or […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 3 min read

January 17, 2022

Main Principles of Security in AWS Cloud

While discussing the Security of Amazon Web Services which is a collection of over 200 fully managed services. The first thing that needs to be established in this case is that it is a formidable task to secure all of the resources offered by AWS at the moment. Services that are totally different in nature from each other yet overlapping […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 3 min read