9 Best Practices for Using AWS CloudTrail in 2024

by Hannah Grace Holladay / April 16, 2024

Every user action can and should be tracked. On cloud platforms like AWS, user actions and service events interact with the platform’s management interfaces, whether with the web console or the API, which allows most things that happen in your cloud environment to be logged.  The transparency provided by comprehensive logging is one of the cloud’s most consequential security and compliance benefits. Using logs allows you to record all processing…

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5 Ways to Prevent Zero Day Attacks 

by Tori Thurmond / October 4, 2023

Hackers get better at their jobs every day.   It can be overwhelming to try to stay ahead and keep your organization as secure as possible. New ways to capitalize on vulnerabilities within an organization’s security landscape pop up frequently putting your data at risk. One of the methods threat actors use to gain control of your environment is through zero-day attacks.   A zero-day attack, or Day Zero, is a software-related…

KirkpatrickPrice Launches Cloud Security Posture Management Solution

by Lindsay Culbreath / April 10, 2023

Cybersecurity auditing firm KirkpatrickPrice has launched a Cloud Security Posture Management Solution that allows organizations to scan their cloud environments against industry benchmarks for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. This solution customizes a report that will allow users to identify and prioritize their cloud security risks.  Videos and recommendations are integrated in the report from KirkpatrickPrice cloud security experts to assist with remediation efforts. …

6 AWS Cloud Security Features You Should Be Using

by Hannah Grace Holladay / April 12, 2023

The security of your AWS cloud environment is your responsibility. Partly. Amazon Web Services (AWS) shares security responsibility with users. They are responsible for configuring and using cloud services securely and in compliance with information security regulations and standards.  But AWS doesn’t leave its users high and dry where security and compliance are concerned. The platform offers an array of cloud security features and tools to help users with AWS…

How to Write a Cloud Security Policy for Your Business

by Hannah Grace Holladay / June 14, 2023

The major cloud computing platforms are more secure than the average on-premises infrastructure deployment. But “more secure” isn’t the same as “sufficiently secure.” Cloud security is a shared responsibility: cloud vendors provide the foundations, but it’s up to cloud customers to build secure systems. That’s unlikely to happen without a well-documented, comprehensive, and enforced cloud security policy (CSP). A cloud security policy sets security parameters for managers and employees, and…