Securing The Cloud

How do you secure the cloud?

Getting started with AWS Single Sign-On (SSO)

Learn how to easily get started with AWS Single Sign-On (SSO), centralize your identities with multiple AWS accounts, and stop using IAM user with access keys.

Posted by Ben Potter Saturday, August 21, 2021

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) Text Rule Transformations Explained

Learn how you can customize your AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules by using text transfprmations.

Posted by Ben Potter Thursday, July 1, 2021

Protecting Amazon S3 Data from Ransomware

Learn how to to protect your Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) data from ransomware attacks.

Posted by Ben Potter Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Automatically create AWS IAM policies

AWS Identity & Access Managament (IAM) can now generate a policy based on previous event history!

Posted by Ben Potter Thursday, April 29, 2021

How to secure Amazon S3: latest best practices

Learn how to secure your Amazon (AWS) S3 buckets and objects following these latest best practices in 2021.

Posted by Ben Potter Thursday, February 4, 2021

How to securely create an AWS Account for personal use

It's very important to follow best practices when creating an AWS account, even for personal use.

Posted by Ben Potter Tuesday, January 26, 2021

AWS Well-Architected best practices important for infrastructure protection

AWS Well-Architected best practices for infrastructure protection that you must follow.

Posted by Ben Potter Wednesday, January 20, 2021

AWS Well-Architected best practices important for detection

AWS Well-Architected best practices for detection that you must follow.

Posted by Ben Potter Sunday, January 10, 2021

Your One New Years Resolution in AWS should be...

The one best practice recommendation for AWS you should follow and focus on .

Posted by Ben Potter Thursday, December 31, 2020

How To Use AWS Security Hub To Automate Best Practices

You can be more secure in AWS by following best practice recommendations, and AWS Security Hub can automatically check your resources and infrastrucure.

Posted by Ben Potter Saturday, December 26, 2020

How To Run Cyber Incident Response Simulations (Game Days) in AWS

Practicing your response to a cyber security incident will help you learn and improve your incident response processes.

Posted by Ben Potter Tuesday, December 8, 2020

How to Secure AWS Account Root User - Best Practices

Protecting your AWS account root user is critical, these simple steps will help you secure your account following the real Well-Architected best practices.

Posted by Ben Potter Saturday, November 28, 2020

How To Fix Exposed AWS Credentials

AWS access keys and passwords grant access to your account. Follow these steps if your access key is lost or compromised to stop it from being misused.

Posted by Ben Potter Thursday, November 19, 2020

Google Shared Drive Not Showing

How a Google shared drive was compromised

Has your Google shared drive disappeared, or are you having permission problems? Has someone taken over your Google account?

Posted by Ben Potter Friday, November 13, 2020

Amazon EC2 VS AWS Lambda Security

What's more secure: Amazon EC2 or AWS Lambda?

Posted by Ben Potter Wednesday, November 4, 2020

How to setup a serverless blog securely on AWS without WordPress

WordPress is popular, but has a cost for hosting and security issues. Using Hugo and AWS you can learn how setup a more secure and cheaper alternative.

Posted by Ben Potter Monday, October 26, 2020

ABOUT ME

I'm Ben Potter. I lead the AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar. This blog and my opinions are my own.