CloudGoat walkthrough series: Cloud Breach S3
This is the second in the walkthrough series of the CloudGoat scenarios. CloudGoat is a “vulnerable by design” AWS deployment tool designed by Rhino Security...
Cloud security
CloudGoat walkthrough series: IAM privilege escalation by rollback
This is the first in the walkthrough series of the CloudGoat scenarios. CloudGoat is a “vulnerable by design” AWS deployment tool designed by Rhino Security...
Working with CloudGoat: The “vulnerable by design” AWS environment
Many organizations today are leveraging the cloud to transform their business. However, the adoption of cloud technology introduces associated risks, security...
Malicious Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
As organizations move their infrastructure, data and workload to the cloud, it is important to ensure that the Amazon Machine Images (AMI) from the AWS Marketplace...
Key findings from Ponemon’s State of Vulnerability Management in the Cloud and On-Premises report
In early February, Tesla paid $10,000 for a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) that was identified in its systems by a German bug...
Cloud Pentesting Certification Boot Camp: The ultimate guide
The CCPT certification is offered by the Infosec Institute to validate an applicant’s skills in cloud hacking and penetration testing. The certification...
Cloud Based IDS and IPS Solutions [Updated 2019]
Defense-In-Depth is a term used to describe the practice of creating a multi-layered defense system within a network. Each layer should be covered by one or...
AWS Security Monitoring Checklist [Updated 2019]
Since every organization is moving towards cloud, the roles and responsibilities of in-house security teams have increased a lot. Due to lack of complete ownership,...
Amazon Inspector: A cloud-based vulnerability assessment tool
Over the last few years, we have seen a lot of high-profile data breaches in organizations that are using cloud-based infrastructure. A cloud-based service...
System administrator vs. cloud administrator
For many first entering the IT field, the whole endeavor may come off as overwhelming at first. There are many good directions you can take your career in,...