Guides

How to actually use CloudTrail logs day-to-day — tracing non-compliant resources to their source, querying with Athena, and setting up alerts before things go wrong.

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.

Full breakdown of every permission in the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore IAM policy, plus a least-privilege custom alternative for production EC2 instances.

Five real-world AWS incident response scenarios with detection signals, containment steps, CLI commands, and automation examples. Practical guide for security teams.

10 actionable EKS security best practices covering IRSA, RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, image scanning, secrets encryption, and node hardening.

How to map, audit, and automate CIS Benchmark compliance for EC2 instances using AWS Config, Security Hub, SSM, and open-source scanners.

Practical EKS security checklist — control plane audit logs, Falco runtime detection, GuardDuty for containers, and the monitoring gaps most teams miss.

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.

The full framework for AWS incident response — why cloud IR is fundamentally different, how to build maturity progressively, and how to actually test your plan with tabletop exercises.

My real-world journey passing the AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) exam. Study strategies, mistakes, resources, and tips for future candidates.

Automate least-privilege IAM roles using Access Analyzer policy generation, CloudTrail-based scoping, and Terraform integration.