NCC Group’s AI Red Team recently published key findings after penetration testing dozens of AI applications. Analyzing Secure AI Architectures reveals that major AI vulnerabilities stem not from model flaws, but from misunderstanding how AI systems interact with...

PowerUserAccess: The Hidden Path to Admin Control Ever wonder how attackers see the AWS permissions you grant? This week, we gain a critical perspective from the trenches with PowerUserAccess vs. AdministratorAccess from an attacker’s perspective by Eduard Agavriloae,...

If you’re responsible for securing Azure, you should know about Azure’s Apex Permissions: Elevate Access & The Logs Security Teams Overlook because it exposes a critical security blindspot affecting virtually every Azure environment. Nathan Eades and the Permiso team...

This Week’s Featured IAM Resource This week we are highlighting The Director’s Guide: IAM Security at Scale by Kyle Chrzanowski (Mandiant | Google Cloud) because it offers a concise, implementation-focused guide to architecting IAM at scale. The article defines...

Welcome to The Effective IAM Newsletter! Our mission is simple: curate high-impact resources that address real-world cloud IAM challenges for busy security professionals. Each edition features an industry trend, expert insight, or practical tool that you can use. You...