Spreadsheets take a lot of flack but they’re often the right tool for the job. When the job is starting to clean up that ‘dirty kitchen sink’ AWS account or ad-hoc IAM permission analysis, a spreadsheet is often the right tool. Now that analysis is easier with k9’s IAM...

k9 Security now analyzes principals’ access to the AWS Account APIs. The Account (account) APIs manage important global configurations, including what regions are enabled, contacts for the account, and even enable closing the account. k9 reports whether IAM principals...

Amazon S3 is changing the handling of the root identity in bucket policy on October 20, 2023. AWS is known for security and backwards compatibility, so what’s the deal? AWS announced this change via email in February with follow-up to affected accounts in September....

Now you can analyze IAM access to Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) APIs and file systems with k9 Security. Elastic File System is a Serverless, fully elastic block file storage that automatically grows and shrinks as you add and remove files with no need for management...

k9 Security now analyzes principals’ access to the AWS Resource Access Manager APIs. k9 reports whether IAM principals may administer or read Resource Access Manager sharing configurations. AWS Resource Access Manager helps you share AWS network and data resources...

Recently, AWS announced that you can assign multiple MFA devices to your IAM users, including the root user. Watch the video below for a step by step walkthrough of how to set up your second MFA device and what to do if your device is lost or broken. Resources:...