Application Security
Pen Test of public facing apps
Penetration Testing vs. Codebase Testing A typical (external) penetration test mainly targets public-facing assets such as URLs, IPs, and exposed services. To test the…
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Notes on secure AWS architecture: landing zones, cloud networking, identity, encryption and resilient operations.
EC2 Security
EC2 Agents – URLs and IPs allowlist
EC2 Agents: CIDR vs FQDN (Wildcard) Allowlists — with Ansible & Rapid7 Examples + SG/NACL Capabilities Executive Summary CIDR allowlists control who (IPs)…
AWS Migration
AWS Application Migration Service and Block-Level Replication
🚀 AWS Application Migration Service and Block-Level Replication When organizations modernize their infrastructure or prepare for disaster recovery, they need to migrate workloads…
KMS
AWS-Managed KMS Keys vs Customer-Managed KMS Keys
AWS-Managed KMS Keys vs Customer-Managed KMS Keys Also read – Cross Account KMS Keys A quick comparison of the two primary key types…
AWS Migration
SQL Server to Aurora Postgres Migration – Security Concerns
Security Issues When Migrating from SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to Aurora PostgreSQL involves not only schema and…
Terraform
Deploying Security Groups via AWS Cloud Migration Factory
Deploying Security Groups via AWS Cloud Migration Factory (CMF) Deploying Security Groups through the AWS Cloud Migration Factory (CMF) typically occurs during the Target…
KMS
KMS Keys – Cross Account Keys in AWS
Also read ‘One KMS key per application?’ and Lost KMS Keys in AWS? Cross-Account KMS Keys: Pros and Cons When working with AWS Key…
AWS Migration
Post-Migration Operational Best Practices & AWS Config Policies
Post-Migration Operational Best Practices & AWS Config Policies Post-Migration Operational Best Practices & AWS Config Policies Once workloads have been migrated to AWS, the…
AWS Migration
AWS Migration Deep Dive
AWS Migration Phases and Services AWS Migration Phases and Services 🌐 Why Migrate to AWS? Before diving into the technical phases, it’s important to…
AWS Network Security
API Gateway versus Transit Gateway
Transit Gateway vs API Gateway — and a Reference Architecture with NGINX Key Differences Aspect AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) API Gateway Primary…