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Testing an S3 policy using the AWS IAM Simulator

by Steven Sutton | Mar 11, 2019 | Cloud, InfraAsCode, security, testing

The AWS IAM Simulator is a tool that enables you to test the effects of IAM access control policies. This tool helps when you find yourself manually performing actions to test a policy. The tool can simulate actions for any IAM entity or resource and for unique sets...

Here’s work you can hand off to AWS in 2019

by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 1, 2019 | Cloud, security

Are you overwhelmed by the avalanche of announcements that may or may not improve the security, reliability, and cost of your AWS Cloud deployments? Resolve to do less yourself by having AWS do more. In this post, we’ll highlight 5 of the biggest announcements...

How-to: Use aws-vault to assume a role across AWS accounts

by Steven Sutton | Oct 25, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, intermediate, security, Skill

This article will show you how to assume a role and perform aws-cli commands in one account after authenticating via a user in a trusted account (e.g. using the Identity Account pattern). This article is the third and final in a series of instructional posts regarding...

How-to: Use aws-vault to assume a role in an AWS account

by Steven Sutton | Oct 25, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, introductory, security, Skill

This how-to will guide you through the configuration of IAM roles in aws-vault and assuming those roles so that you can execute AWS commands as that role while protecting your credentials. This article is the second in a series on using aws-vault to manage your AWS...

How-to: Use aws-vault to manage credentials for an AWS account

by Steven Sutton | Oct 22, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, introductory, security, Skill

This article kicks off a series of posts describing how to use aws-vault, a third party tool that helps engineers store and use AWS credentials securely in their local development and operational environments. The series will cover: installing aws-vault and using it...

Assess AWS Account Security with Scout2

by Matt Hickie | Feb 4, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, intermediate, security

You use AWS services.  You use them for a company or for your personal projects.  In all this excitement to use the AWS cloud you might have: allowed all developers to access many resources in your AWS account given yourself permanent keys and full admin access on...
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