Automated Vulnerability Scanning for Cloud Resources: A Checklist
In March, a fintech client called us at 2 AM because an attacker had pulled 14GB of customer records from an S3 bucket that nobody on their team remembered creating.…
Azure Security Center: A Checklist for Unified Security
During an incident response engagement last month, we traced a lateral movement chain (MITRE ATT&CK T1021.001) across a client’s hybrid environment—Azure VMs, on-prem file servers, and a forgotten AWS instance.…
Cloud Security Posture Management: What Your SIEM Misses
We inherited an environment where an S3 bucket had been publicly readable for 14 months. The client ran monthly vulnerability scans. They had a SIEM. They had endpoint detection and…
XaaS Cloud Service Models: Security Guide for IT Teams
Beyond the traditional IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models, modern cloud computing delivers a growing range of specialized services collectively known as XaaS – Anything as a Service. For IT professionals…