Announcing our latest course: AWS Lambda Security Labs
Earlier this year we launched some awesome AWS Lambda CTFs that have received great feedback. But unless you already have experience with finding Lambda vulnerabilities,…
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Announcing Our First Azure Course: Getting Started with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
We’ve been focused on AWS security for a while now, but here’s the thing: many of you work in multi-cloud environments or have been asking…
AWS IAM Credentials Report [Cheat Sheet]
I recently came across this neat cheat sheet by Steampipe for AWS IAM Credential Reports, which is a simple but mighty feature you may not…
Encrypt and Decrypt Data with KMS and Data Keys [Cheat Sheet]
Whether you’re studying for the AWS Certified Security Specialty exam, or whether you need a way of encrypting and decrypting data to keep it safe,…
Introducing Free AWS Cloud Security Hands-On Labs
Our free Hands-On Labs are a great way to dip your toes into the AWS cloud security space completely risk-free. No credit card required, just…
Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes
Password-based authentication has been proven time and time again to be a vulnerable form of authentication. One of the best defenses is using Multifactor Authentication,…
What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)?
Passwords are hard. Most of us use passwords of varying length and complexity. That’s mainly to fulfill the requirements offered by every single site that…
Password managers: should you use them?
What’s the point of password managers anyway? Let’s take a look at a scenario that we’re all familiar with… The scenario: We all have this…
Are your passwords strong enough?
In this digital day and age, most of us know what a password is. If you’ve found this article or any other like it, you…
What to know about vulnerability scans for the Security+ exam
Regularly auditing systems for potential vulnerabilities is an important part of securing an organization’s environments, systems, and applications. One of the ways that we can…