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116 publications
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Pin third-party GitHub Actions and limit what they can reach

A tag can be moved under your workflow overnight. Pin every action to a commit SHA, enforce it across the organization, and cut the token and secret access a malicious action would inherit.

Workload security · GitHub / OpenSSF / CISA · By Cloud Security Desk
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Know where cloud AI services process your prompts

Bedrock inference profiles, Foundry deployment types and Agent Platform endpoints each decide where a prompt is processed, separately from where data rests. Compare what each provider commits to and how to enforce it.

AI systems · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Design health checks that remove broken instances without causing outages

A health check is an automated decision to remove capacity. Keep load balancer checks local, learn what your platform does when every target fails, and set probe timing from documented defaults.

Resilience · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud / Kubernetes · By Cloud Security Desk
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Build an inventory of non-human identities across cloud accounts

Find every service account, service principal, role and key across AWS, Entra and Google Cloud, then record the owner, credential type, privilege and last use that turn a list into decisions.

Identity & access · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Entra / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud / OWASP · By Cloud Security Desk
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Normalize cloud security logs with OCSF before writing detections

OCSF puts CloudTrail, Azure Activity Log and Google audit records into the same API Activity fields. Detections still depend on the mapping, the schema version and provider semantics that normalization does not erase.

Detection & response · Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework / Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Choose a multi-region database consistency model before you need failover

The replication model decides which writes survive a Region failure. Compare asynchronous and quorum options in DynamoDB, Aurora, Spanner and Cosmos DB by recovery point, write latency and the reconciliation each one leaves you.

Resilience · Amazon Web Services / Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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Track EU AI Act deadlines after the Digital Omnibus delay

The Digital Omnibus moved high-risk AI duties to December 2027 and August 2028, but prohibitions, AI literacy and Article 50 transparency already apply. See which dates moved and what cloud teams should build now.

AI systems · European Union / European Commission · By Cloud Security Desk
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Back up a Kubernetes cluster so workloads can actually be restored

A Kubernetes backup has to carry definitions, Secrets and volume data, and the restore depends on identity, keys and images it never held. Plan the layers, the restore order and the checks that prove recovery.

Resilience · Kubernetes / Velero / Amazon Web Services / Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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Defend cloud admin accounts against help desk social engineering

Attackers who talk a help desk into resetting MFA inherit every cloud console behind single sign-on. Verify callers properly, shrink what a reset hands over, and alert on the events it leaves.

Detection & response · Microsoft Entra / Okta / Amazon Web Services / CISA / Mandiant · By Cloud Security Desk
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Protect and recover your AWS root account

Protect AWS root access with MFA, current recovery contacts, separate daily administration, and a clear plan for Organizations member accounts.

Identity & access · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Remove unused AWS access keys without breaking a job

Review IAM access-key usage, find job dependencies, deactivate safely, and verify final deletion without collecting or exposing secret credentials.

Identity & access · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Choose and verify CloudWatch Logs retention

Choose CloudWatch Logs retention from supported values, verify the saved setting, and account for delayed deletion, archives, and log-group ownership.

Detection & response · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Make CloudWatch alarms handle missing data correctly

Choose how CloudWatch alarms treat missing data, understand evaluation surprises, test notifications, and preserve useful alarm evidence.

Detection & response · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Keep an S3 bucket private with Block Public Access

Enable S3 Block Public Access while preserving approved readers. Review the four settings, private CloudFront origins, and practical access tests.

Workload security · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Remove public SSH access from an EC2 security group

Remove internet-wide EC2 SSH rules after testing Session Manager or restricted SSH. Check all groups, IPv6, fresh sessions, and recovery access.

Workload security · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Count tokens before sending a prompt to Amazon Bedrock

Count a Bedrock prompt for the chosen model, check endpoint support, distinguish context and output limits, and verify usage without logging prompts.

AI systems · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Remove a document from an Amazon Bedrock knowledge base

Retire an S3 document from a Bedrock knowledge base through source changes, sync results, retrieval checks, and review of older application copies.

AI systems · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Recover a deleted file with S3 Versioning

Recover an S3 object by inspecting retained versions, downloading a known copy, or removing the right delete marker without deleting the recovery data.

Resilience · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk
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Give Google Cloud teams access through IAM groups

Give Google Cloud teams IAM access through owned groups, choose a sensible resource scope, and verify migration and removal with practical checks.

Identity & access · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Connect to a Google Cloud VM with IAP and OS Login

Connect to a Linux VM through IAP and OS Login, check each permission and network layer, and remove old SSH paths with a tested recovery plan.

Identity & access · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Get an alert when Google Cloud project access changes

Build a Google Cloud log-based alert for project IAM changes, verify the filter and notification channel, and understand incident limits.

Detection & response · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Triage a Google Cloud Security Command Center finding

Review a Security Command Center finding, choose repair or a documented exception, and distinguish resource verification from muting and closure.

Detection & response · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Keep a Google Cloud Storage bucket private

Use public access prevention and uniform bucket-level access for Cloud Storage, then test IAM readers, signed links, and application dependencies.

Workload security · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Call Vertex AI from Cloud Run without a service account key

Use a Cloud Run service account and ADC to call Vertex AI, separate deployment and runtime permissions, and remove an obsolete prototype key.

AI systems · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk