Release Date: 19/12/2021 | Issue: 118
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This week's articles


How eBPF will solve Service Mesh - Goodbye Sidecars   #design, #monitor
How we can build an eBPF-based service mesh in the kernel to replace the complex sidecar model.


Cloud Security Remediation Guides   #aws, #azure, #defend, #gcp
CloudSploit's remediation guides are intended to be an open-source resource for improving cloud security. Many cloud IaaS providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud have a shared responsibility model. They provide the physical and architectural security, along with tools to properly secure the services they offer, but it is up to the user to configure those settings properly.


Getting started with runtime security and Falco   #explain, #falco
How to get started with Falco to overcome the challenges of implementing runtime security for cloud-native workloads.


Determining AWS IAM Policies According To Terraform And AWS CLI   #aws, #explain, #iam
The process of granting the least privileges required to execute "aws s3 ls" and "terraform apply" by a CI/CD runner.


Istio OIDC Authentication   #build, #istio
How Istio can be configured to manage the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication flow for applications running within the mesh to allow both authentication and authorisation decisions to be offloaded to Istio.


(Typical) journey towards full GitOps   #build
Post describing a typical journey towards GitOps with Flux.


Evadere Classifications   #monitor
Deep dive into the different types of evasion and bypasses an adversary will use during an attack chain.

Tools


cf-terraforming
Command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources.


aws-cdk-github-oidc
CDK constructs to use OpenID Connect for authenticating your Github Action workflow with AWS IAM.


cdk-dia
Automated diagrams of CDK provisioned infrastructure.


magtape
MagTape is a Policy-as-Code tool for Kubernetes that allows for evaluating Kubernetes resources against a set of defined policies to inform and enforce best practice configurations.

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From the cloud providers


AWS Icon  Using CloudTrail to identify unexpected behaviors in individual workloads
A practical approach that you can use to detect anomalous behaviors within AWS workloads by using behavioral analysis techniques that can be used to augment existing threat detection solutions.


AWS Icon  Using AWS security services to protect against, detect, and respond to the Log4j vulnerability
Post providing guidance to help customers who are responding to the recently disclosed log4j vulnerability.


AWS Icon  Modernize your Penetration Testing Architecture on AWS Fargate
How you can use modern cloud technologies to build a scalable penetration testing platform, with no infrastructure to manage.


GCP Icon  Investigating the usage of GCP Service Accounts
Three GCP services to help you to investigate Google Cloud Service Account usage and mitigate against unintended consequences during key rotation.


GCP Icon  Continuous Compliance Engineering GCP case studies
Three real GCP controls framework technical examples for regulated FSI Google Cloud customers to help maintain security and compliance postures.


Azure Icon  Ratify container supply chain in Kubernetes
Ratify is a container image and artifacts verification framework to approve deployments in Kubernetes. Ratify can use and coordinate any number of custom verifiers based on policy including signatures, SBOMs, and scan results.

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