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77 publications
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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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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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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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Choose an RDS recovery window you can actually restore

Choose RDS backup retention, inspect the real restorable interval, validate an isolated database restore, and record cleanup and recovery limits.

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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Require authentication between Cloud Run services

Configure Cloud Run service-to-service authentication with a dedicated caller identity, the right ID token audience, and useful negative tests.

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
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Recover deleted Google Cloud Storage objects with soft delete

Choose a Cloud Storage soft delete window, restore a specific object generation, validate its contents, and account for retention and cleanup.

Resilience · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Set up Cloud SQL backups and prove you can restore

Configure Cloud SQL PostgreSQL backups, understand retention settings, and rehearse a restore through database validation and application cutover.

Resilience · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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Give Azure readers access to one resource group

Assign Reader without granting write access or assuming it grants data access.

Identity & access · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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Read an Azure Key Vault secret from a VM without a password

Set up one system-assigned VM identity and a vault-scoped secret permission.

Identity & access · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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Get an Azure alert when a role assignment changes

Detect successful RBAC changes and test alert delivery without expanding a production role.

Detection & response · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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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
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Check and stop anonymous access to Azure blobs

Understand account and container settings and prove both anonymous denial and intended app access.

Workload security · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk
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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
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Connect to Azure OpenAI without an API key

Prove Entra-based inference with a scoped runtime identity before disabling local authentication.

AI systems · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk