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6 publicationsDefend 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 DeskProtect 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 DeskSet explicit trust boundaries for Entra partner access
Accepting another tenant’s authentication claims is a specific trust decision, not blanket approval of its users, devices or access to your applications.
Identity & access · Microsoft · By Cloud Security DeskPasskey deployment needs a recovery design
A workforce passkey rollout needs a recovery contract before broad enforcement. Separate credential custody, enrollment evidence and application sessions.
Identity & access · NIST / FIDO Alliance / Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security DeskCertificate renewal under shorter validity limits
Use the public TLS issuance schedule to review authorization, renewal, deployment and independent verification of the certificate an endpoint actually serves.
Resilience · CA/Browser Forum / Let's Encrypt / AWS · By Cloud Security DeskDefine 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