AWS SCPs That Actually Work: Practical Guide for Real Teams
SCPs every AWS org should deploy on day one — plus the break-glass pattern, limit gotchas, and why you shouldn’t use SCPs to fix human behavior.
Cloud Security
5 Critical AWS Security Misconfigurations (2026 Edition) – How to Find & Fix Them
Five AWS misconfigurations still causing breaches in 2026 — includes fixes for public S3 buckets, over-permissive IAM, open security groups, and missing monitoring.
AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore: Full Policy Breakdown
Full breakdown of every permission in the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore IAM policy, plus a least-privilege custom alternative for production EC2 instances.
AWS Incident Response: 5 Scenarios & How to Contain Them
Five real-world AWS incident response scenarios with detection signals, containment steps, CLI commands, and automation examples. Practical guide for security teams.
AWS Security Checklist 2026: 30+ Controls for IAM, EC2 & S3
A step-by-step checklist to secure your AWS account in 2026 — includes IAM hardening, S3 lockdown, logging, and budget alerts. Beginner to intermediate friendly.
EKS Security Best Practices: Hardening Your Cluster
10 actionable EKS security best practices covering IAM integration, RBAC, network policies, pod security, image scanning, secrets management, and node hardening.
IAM Users Are Dead: Modern AWS Access Control for 2026
Stop using IAM users in AWS. This guide explains why they’re risky and how to migrate to Identity Center, STS, and OIDC-based access — step-by-step.
Meeting CIS Benchmarks for EC2: A Practical Guide
How to map, audit, and automate CIS Benchmark compliance for EC2 instances using AWS Config, Security Hub, SSM, and open-source scanners.
EKS Security: Monitoring, Audit Logs & Runtime Detection
How to monitor EKS for security threats using CloudWatch, GuardDuty, audit logs, and Falco. Covers AWS-native tools, open-source options, and best practices.
EC2 Hardening Guide: Secure AWS Instances Step by Step
This guide delves into the technical aspects of hardening EC2 instances, covering topics from instance selection to monitoring and automation, aligning with AWS’s security recommendations.
AWS Incident Response Guide for Small Security Teams
Run effective incident response in AWS with automation and forensic best practices. Free playbook template included — no dedicated IR account needed.
Building Least-Privilege IAM Roles with IAM Access Analyzer
Use IAM Access Analyzer to build least-privilege IAM roles in AWS — includes policy generation from CloudTrail, Terraform integration, and AWS best practices.
How to Detect AWS Root Account Usage (And Respond to It)
Detect and alert on AWS root account usage using CloudTrail, EventBridge, SNS, and optional Slack notifications. Step-by-step setup and Terraform included.