aws-security
Safeguard articles tagged "aws-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
31 articles
Comparing confidential VM offerings across major cloud pr...
A practical comparison of confidential virtual machines across Azure, AWS Nitro Enclaves, GCP confidential compute, and more -- real strengths, real limitations, no marketing gloss.
Cloud IAM privilege escalation paths explained
A breakdown of how cloud IAM privilege escalation paths work across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with real permission chains and breach examples.
S3 bucket misconfiguration vulnerabilities explained
S3 misconfigurations have exposed hundreds of millions of records in breaches from Deep Root Analytics to Capital One. Here's how they happen and how to catch them.
The AWS migration security checklist: IAM, encryption, and network segmentation
A misconfigured WAF and an over-permissioned IAM role exposed 106 million records in 2019 — here's the checklist that prevents a repeat during your AWS migration.
The AWS misconfiguration cheat sheet: public S3, open IAM, and open security groups
Three misconfigurations — public S3 buckets, over-permissioned IAM roles, and 0.0.0.0/0 security groups — keep causing breaches. Here's the CLI to find and fix each one.
The 2026 AWS Security Checklist: Account, IAM, Network, and Data Controls
One SSRF call against an unpatched WAF and a permissive IAM role were enough to expose 106 million Capital One records in 2019 — here's the checklist that stops it.
The most common AWS misconfigurations in 2026, with detection commands
Public S3 buckets, wildcard IAM policies, and 0.0.0.0/0 security groups remain the top three AWS findings — here's how to detect each with native tools.
AWS IAM policy misconfiguration vulnerability patterns
Wildcard policies, PassRole chains, and trust-policy gaps drive most AWS IAM breaches. Here's how these misconfiguration patterns actually get exploited.
High-profile AWS breaches: lessons learned
Capital One's 2019 breach exposed 106 million records through a single SSRF call to the EC2 metadata service — here's the exact control that would have stopped it.
AWS Security Best Practices for 2026
A practical, code-backed walkthrough of the AWS security controls that actually reduce breach risk in 2026 — identity, data, network, and infrastructure-as-code.
Top AWS security misconfigurations and how to fix them
A practical AWS misconfigurations cheat sheet — IAM, S3, security groups, logging, and snapshots — with real breach data and exact fixes.
The AWS shared responsibility model explained
AWS secures the cloud; you secure what's in it. Here's exactly where that line falls across EC2, RDS, Lambda, and EKS -- with real breach examples.
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