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14 publications
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

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
Technical guideSource-based analysis

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
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

Recover a deleted Azure Key Vault secret

Distinguish secret recovery from vault recovery and verify versioned application references.

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

Isolate document parsing before RAG ingestion

Give document parsing a bounded worker, then admit its extracted content separately before embedding or indexing.

AI systems · Apache Tika / Kubernetes / gVisor · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Finish S3 multipart uploads with verifiable object integrity

Keep an owned part manifest and verify the complete object result, because successful part transfers and an initial HTTP 200 are not sufficient completion evidence.

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

Workload federation across clouds needs separate trust decisions

Cross-cloud federation adds trust decisions, not a portable permission system. Map each credential and resource grant before moving a runtime workload.

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

Choosing isolation for a Kubernetes tenant

A namespace, a virtual control plane and a sandboxed runtime protect different boundaries. Start with tenant authority before choosing the cluster architecture.

Workload security · Kubernetes / gVisor / Kata Containers · By Cloud Security Desk
Technical guideSource-based analysis

Make secret rotation reach every running application

Secret managers, mounted files, application memory and connection pools can disagree about the active credential. Test each stage before calling rotation complete.

Workload security · Kubernetes / AWS / Azure / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security Desk
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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

Prove Azure Storage private access from DNS to authorization

Check the exact storage subresource, resolve its normal hostname from the application, and test public access and data permissions as separate boundaries.

Workload security · Azure · By Cloud Security Desk