AWSBest Practices
RDS Snapshot Not Encrypted: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why unencrypted RDS snapshots are a real breach risk, how to re-encrypt them with KMS using copy commands, and how to prevent it with IaC and SCPs.
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AWSBest Practices
AWS Config Delivery Failing: How to Diagnose and Fix It
AWS Config delivery channel failing means gaps in your audit trail. Learn what causes it, how to fix the bucket policy and IAM role, and how to prevent it.
AWSBest Practices
Redshift Cluster Not Encrypted: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why unencrypted Amazon Redshift clusters are a serious risk, how to enable encryption at rest with KMS, and how to prevent it with policy-as-code.
AWSBest Practices
EC2 Instance Has a Public IP: Why It's Risky and How to Fix It
Learn why EC2 instances with public IPs expand your attack surface, how to move workloads to private subnets with NAT, and how to prevent it with policy as code.
AzureBest Practices
Azure CDN Endpoint Has No Diagnostic Logging: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Azure CDN endpoints without diagnostic settings discard request logs and metrics. Learn why unlogged CDNs are risky and how to fix and prevent it.
Best PracticesCloud Security
DNSSEC Not Enabled on GCP Cloud DNS Zones
Learn why DNSSEC matters for GCP Cloud DNS, the spoofing risks of leaving it off, and step-by-step gcloud and Terraform commands to enable and verify it.
Best PracticesCloud Security
PostgreSQL Error Logging Not Configured on Cloud SQL
Learn why Cloud SQL PostgreSQL instances need log_min_messages configured, the risks of empty error logs, and step-by-step CLI, console, and Terraform fixes.
Best PracticesCloud Security
VM Disk Not Using Customer-Managed Key (CMEK) on GCP
Learn why GCP Compute Engine boot disks should use customer-managed keys (CMEK), how to encrypt them with Cloud KMS, and how to enforce it with org policy.
Best PracticesCloud Security
GKE Legacy Metadata Endpoints Enabled: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Legacy GKE metadata endpoints expose node credentials to SSRF attacks. Learn how to detect, fix, and prevent them with Workload Identity and policy-as-code.
Best PracticesCloud Security
User Has Service Account Impersonation Role on GCP
Learn why GCP users with serviceAccountUser or serviceAccountTokenCreator roles are a privilege escalation risk, and how to scope, fix, and prevent it.
AWSCloud Security
CloudTrail Not Logging S3 Data Events: Why It's a Blind Spot and How to Fix It
Learn why missing CloudTrail S3 data events leaves you blind to data exfiltration, and how to enable object-level logging with CLI, console, and Terraform.
AWSBest Practices
Glue Data Catalog Encryption Disabled: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why an unencrypted AWS Glue Data Catalog leaks schema metadata, and how to enable SSE-KMS encryption at rest with CLI, Terraform, and policy-as-code.
AWSBest Practices
RDS Automated Backups Disabled: Why Retention 0 Is a Data Loss Trap
An RDS backup retention of 0 disables point-in-time recovery and risks permanent data loss. Learn why it matters and how to fix and prevent it on AWS.
AWSCloud Security
No Alarm for Security Group Changes (CIS 3.10): Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why missing a CloudWatch alarm for AWS security group changes (CIS 3.10) is risky, and how to fix it with CLI, Terraform, and policy-as-code.
Cloud SecurityGCP
GCP Storage Bucket Logging Not Enabled: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why GCP Storage buckets without access logging leave you blind during incidents, and how to enable logging with gcloud, Terraform, and policy-as-code.
AWSBest Practices
Load Balancer Access Logging Disabled on AWS: Why It Matters and How to Fix It
Learn why disabled AWS load balancer access logging leaves you blind during incidents, plus step-by-step CLI, Terraform, and policy-as-code fixes.
AWSCloud Security
No Alarm for Unauthorized API Calls (CIS 3.1)
Learn why AWS accounts need a CloudWatch alarm for unauthorized API calls, how to set one up with CLI and Terraform, and how to enforce it in CI.
AzureBest Practices
NSG Allows Public DNS: Closing Port 53 on Azure
Learn why an Azure NSG allowing public DNS on port 53 is a security risk, how to remediate it with CLI and IaC, and how to prevent it with Azure Policy.