Why I Built This Toolkit
After sharing my Incident Response in AWS article and a free downloadable checklist, I received a lot of feedback — mostly from engineers saying the same thing:
“This is helpful, but I still have to piece everything together.”
So I built a complete AWS Incident Response Toolkit.
This bundle goes much further than the checklist: ready-to-use Terraform to deploy the notification pipeline, Python scripts for SES and Slack alerts, and a matrix of tools you can use during forensic investigations. It’s designed to save you time, avoid mistakes, and make response feel a lot less chaotic.
What’s Inside the Toolkit
Here’s a look at what’s included:
| File | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Incident response playbook template.pdf | Editable playbook aligned with ISO 27001 and AWS workflows | |
Notification_Flows_Extended.md | Markdown | 3 notification flow examples (SES, Slack, SQS) |
Cloud_Forensics_Tool_Matrix.xlsx | Excel | A categorized list of native and open-source tools for memory, logs, and more |
terraform/ | Code | Terraform code to deploy EventBridge + Lambda pipeline (deployment-ready) |
python/email_notification.py | Code | Lambda-compatible Python script to send SES alerts on new findings |
python/slack_notification.py | Code | Example Slack webhook integration (extendable) |
README.md | Markdown | Full usage instructions |
💡 You don’t have to be a Terraform expert — just update a few variables and deploy with
terraform apply.
Use Cases
Whether you’re:
- A cloud security engineer handling incidents solo
- A DevSecOps team responding to GuardDuty findings
- A consultant setting up IR workflows for clients
…this toolkit helps you deploy faster, communicate better, and keep a paper trail.
Where to Get It
🛠️ You can grab the full toolkit here: 👉 Buy the AWS IR Toolkit on Gumroad
I’ve priced it at €9 to make it accessible, but still sustainable for me to keep updating it.
You’ll get all future updates for free — including any new scripts, improved playbook versions, or Notion templates I release.
There is also a Gumroad community set up where you can suggest additions to the bundle.
Final Thoughts
This was built from real-world pain. I just wanted to make something useful that I wish existed when I was building IR workflows.
If you grab the toolkit and find it useful, I’d love to hear from you. Your feedback will help shape version 2.
Until then — stay ready.
– Javier