Release Date: 27/08/2023 | Issue: 202
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This week's articles


The building blocks of modern enterprise identity   #strategy
The article discusses the importance of modern enterprise identity in the context of cloud-native technologies. It highlights the key building blocks of identity, including authentication, authorization, and identity governance, and emphasizes the need for a comprehensive and scalable identity solution to ensure security and compliance in the cloud.


Risk in AWS SSM Port Forwarding   #attack, #aws
A surprising AWS Systems Manager Session Manager (SSM) default that can introduce risk, especially for customers using SSM's Port Forwarding features.


Shipping RDS IAM Authentication (with a bastion host & SSM)   #aws, #build, #iam
A basic guide to getting RDS IAM Authentication set up when you're using a Private Endpoint.


Methods to Backdoor an AWS Account   #attack, #aws
Post exploring some methods that an adversary can use to create backdoors in your AWS account: access keys, AssumeRole, changing Security Groups, UserData scripts, and SSM Send-Command.


Container security fundamentals part 5: AppArmor and SELinux   #containers, #explain
A look at how AppArmor and SELinux are used in Linux and container systems.


Kubernetes Security Ultimate Checklist   #explain, #kubernetes
A security checklist to understand the basics of authentication, authorization, audit logging, and admission control of Kubernetes.


Building Docker Images Smaller, Rootless and Non-Shell for Kubernetes   #build, #containers
The article discusses how to build smaller Docker images for Kubernetes by using rootless and non-shell configurations. It provides step-by-step instructions and code examples to help optimize container images.


Pivoting Clouds in AWS Organizations: Examining AWS Security Features and Tools for Enumeration   #attack, #aws
The architecture and considerable number of enabled/delegated service possibilities in AWS Organizations presents a serious vector for lateral movement within corporate environments. This could easily turn a single AWS account takeover into a multiple account takeover.


Kubernetes Validating Admission Policies: A Practical Example   #explain, #kubernetes
An example showing how to use the new Common Expression Language (CEL) to declare validation rules.

Tools


Integration with Kubernetes Validating Admission Policy
Gatekeeper can now integrate with Kubernetes Validating Admission Policy based on Common Expression Language (CEL).


workload-security-evaluator
Tooling to simulate runtime attacks and test default runtime detections from Datadog Cloud Security Management. You can also refer to the companion blog post.


semgrep-rules
HashiCorp-relevant rules for the Semgrep code analysis tool.


aws_url_signer
POC tool to create signed AWS API GET requests to bypass Guard Duty alerting of off-instance credential use via SSRF.


basti
Securely connect to RDS and other AWS resources in a VPC with no idle cost.

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From the cloud providers


AWS Icon  How we designed Cedar to be intuitive to use, fast, and safe
This post is a deep dive into the design of Cedar, an open source language for writing and evaluating authorization policies.


AWS Icon  How AWS built the Security Guardians program, a mechanism to distribute security ownership
How AWS developed a mechanism to scale security processes and expertise by distributing security ownership between security teams and development teams.


AWS Icon  AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge: Announcing new dedicated infrastructure options
AWS announced further control over the location of your data.


AWS Icon  AWS Certificate Manager introduces Enterprise Controls to help govern certificate issuance
You can now use IAM condition context keys with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to help ensure that users are issuing certificates that conform to your organization's public key infrastructure (PKI) guidelines.


GCP Icon  New zero trust and digital sovereignty controls in Workspace, powered by AI
Google announced new zero trust, digital sovereignty, and threat defense controls powered by Google AI to help organizations keep their data safe.

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Lead Cybersecurity Engineer - Visa
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Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Snowflake
Snowflake is looking for new members for their Cloud Security Assurance team, responsible for maintaining (and raising) the security bar across their production cloud environments.


Cloud Security Engineer - Vanguard
Vanguard is looking for security engineers with Azure experience.


Principal Cloud Security Engineer - LastPass
The LastPass Product Security team is looking for a Staff/Principal Cloud Security Engineer candidate to join their team and help them ensure the privacy and security of their company and user's data.

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