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Analyze IAM access to DynamoDB tables with k9 Security
Now you can analyze IAM access to DynamoDB tables with k9 Security. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed database designed to run applications at any scale. AWS customers rely on DynamoDB for business critical data. But it is difficult to understand what IAM users and...
k9 Security Updates – 2022-01
They say the only sure things in life are death and taxes. But I'll add two more: AWS IAM is hardk9 Security is making AWS IAM usable (and it's working!) k9 Security grew a lot in 2021 to help its customers improve and operationalize AWS IAM security. Customers...
Analyze IAM access to RDS databases with k9 Security
Now you can analyze IAM access to Amazon RDS database clusters with k9 Security. Amazon RDS gives you a way to operate a relational database in the cloud. AWS customers rely on RDS database clusters for critical and sensitive data. But it is difficult to understand...
Get notified when AWS IAM administrators change
k9 Security can now notify you when IAM administrators change in your AWS accounts. Understanding and tracking who has IAM administrator access is hard. IAM is extremely flexible and customers change their AWS deployments constantly. k9 Security makes it easier to...
Why AWS IAM is hard, and what to do about it
Learn why AWS IAM is hard by studying the lessons from private interviews and a misconfiguration that resulted in an $80M data breach fine.
Analyze access to AWS IAM roles with k9 Security
Analyze access to AWS IAM roles with k9 Security. AWS customers grant access to IAM roles for many reasons, but it’s easy to misconfigure.
First Look: Compare changes in AWS IAM access with k9
Today we'll share a first look at how you can compare changes in AWS IAM access with k9 Security. Cloud teams tell us they need an easy way to understand how IAM access changes over time so they can review access periodically. Additionally, IAM access change analysis...
AWS Access Analyzer Policy Generator, building block for continuous policy improvement
AWS Access Analyzer Policy Generator analyzes an IAM user or role's CloudTrail history and creates a least privilege IAM policy with only the actions that are in use (announcement). This policy generator looks like a great building block for minimizing AWS privileges...
AWS Access Analyzer Policy Checks Explained
AWS launched Access Analyzer Policy Checks to help you develop valid, secure policies and review existing policies. This post explains what the four types of policy checks do and how to start using them. The checks are available via console, CLI, and API...
Audit AWS IAM user credentials quickly and reliably
Audit AWS IAM user credentials used in your environment with k9 Security. Reviewing these credentials use is an essential security and audit activity.
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