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Results for “NIST”

41 publications
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Map every connection beyond the private AI endpoint

Trace inference, retrieval, tools, administration, and telemetry separately before describing an AI application as private.

AI systems · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Build an Azure change record that survives the portal window

Activity Log records and resource logs answer different questions. Preserve the operation outcome, resource context and export scope needed for a later investigation.

Detection & response · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Trace Google service account impersonation across every hop

A short-lived token can carry a broad identity. Review who can mint it, which account it represents and whether the original caller remains visible.

Identity & access · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Keep encryption keys recoverable with the data they protect

Trace each encrypted recovery point to its required key, usable lifecycle state, and restore permissions before retiring cryptographic dependencies.

Resilience · AWS / Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Put enforceable boundaries around agent tool calls

Treat model proposals as requests for authority, then check the operation, resource, recipient, and approval at the point where a tool can create a side effect.

AI systems · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Research noteSource-based analysis

Find the Google audit logs missing from your evidence window

Audit category, inherited configuration, destination and reader permissions all affect what an investigator can retrieve. Retention is only one part of the record.

Detection & response · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Review the authority behind every Entra app consent

The permission name is only part of the decision. Review the access mode, resource scope, consenting authority and people who can change the application.

Identity & access · Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Make regional failover work without new infrastructure

Prepare capacity, dependencies, and the routing control path before an incident, then measure when clients reach an accepted recovery service.

Resilience · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Require EC2 IMDSv2 without breaking container credentials

Separate metadata token requirements from response hop limits, then verify both existing instances and future launches before declaring the migration complete.

Workload security · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Research noteSource-based analysis

Define the expiry boundary for Entra privileged access

PIM records activation and expiry, but the protected application still determines when changed authority takes effect. Review both sides of that boundary.

Identity & access · Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Measure recovery by the service you can restore

Define application acceptance, recoverable data, and a complete timeline before treating a completed restore job as proof of recovery.

Resilience · AWS / PostgreSQL · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Keep MCP tokens bound to the intended resource

Keep token audiences, user consent, and downstream tool authority separate when reviewing a protected HTTP MCP service.

AI systems · MCP · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Test Kubernetes egress policies beyond a successful DNS lookup

Separate DNS resolution, source egress, destination ingress, and application identity when testing Kubernetes network isolation.

Workload security · Kubernetes / Cilium · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Protect backup copies from the account that runs production

Map deletion authority, retention protection, keys, and recovery identities so a surviving backup has a usable path back to service.

Resilience · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Choose the S3 object events your investigation will need

CloudTrail event history is not an object-access ledger. Build selectors around the questions an investigation must answer, then test the exclusions.

Detection & response · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Lock GitHub deployment trust to the job you intend

A short-lived token still needs a narrow trust decision. Review the subject, deployment environment, reusable workflow and AWS role together.

Identity & access · AWS / GitHub · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideIllustrative analysis

Recover the control plane before you need it

A recovery plan that depends on the compromised identity system is an aspiration. Build and test an independent administrative path.

Resilience · Identity & access · AWS / Azure / Google Cloud · By Umair Akbar and Ahmed Elshekh