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14 publications
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Admit MCP servers before agents can call their tools

An MCP server's tool descriptions can change after approval with no new release. Record provenance and execution context, hash the definitions per authorization context, enforce the pin at a gateway or allowlist, and watch for drift.

AI systems · MCP / AWS / Anthropic / GitHub / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud / OWASP · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Tune managed WAF rules without opening a bypass

Fix a managed WAF false positive by changing one rule for one route, then decide what happens to the request body bytes AWS WAF, Azure WAF and Cloud Armor never inspect.

Workload security · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Verify EC2 containment beyond a security group change

Swapping a compromised EC2 instance into an isolation security group stops new connections, not tracked ones. Learn which flows survive, how long idle timeouts let them run, and how to prove the cut happened.

Detection & response · Amazon Web Services · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Use DNS egress filtering without mistaking it for a firewall

Resolver-layer filters in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud decide which names a workload can resolve, not where it connects. What each provider says its DNS control misses, and the connection control to pair with it.

Workload security · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Investigate a CI supply chain compromise from workflow logs to rotated secrets

When an action or package in your pipeline turns out to be malicious, scope the response by exposure window and by what each affected job could reach, then revoke together and hunt for use.

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

Build a cryptographic inventory for the post-quantum transition

Record where public-key cryptography protects long-lived data and which library, service or vendor must change it. Then rank entries by function and data lifetime, not by how many RSA keys a scanner found.

Workload security · NIST / CISA / Office of Management and Budget / Amazon Web Services / Google Cloud / Microsoft Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

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
Technical guideSource-based analysis

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
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Find why an Azure VM cannot reach a service

Use a specific source and destination with Network Watcher and separate network reachability from app health.

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

Restrict SSH and RDP access with an Azure network security group

Inspect effective rules, preserve the approved management path and test a fresh connection.

Workload security · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Keep build credentials out of the image and its evidence

A temporary BuildKit secret mount controls credential delivery, not everything a build command can do with the credential or leave in its outputs.

Workload security · Docker / GitHub · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Short SSH certificates still need explicit access boundaries

An SSH certificate supplies bounded identity claims. The issuer, server, client and incident operator still make separate access decisions.

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

Certificate 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 Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Close the AWS sessions that survive identity shutdown

Removing a login does not by itself establish that issued AWS credentials have lost their authority. Build a revocation procedure that accounts for both.

Identity & access · AWS · By Cloud Security Desk