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 now analyzes access to AWS Account APIs
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...
How S3 is changing the handling of the root identity in Bucket Policy on October 20, 2023
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....
k9 Security now analyzes access to Elastic File System APIs and file systems
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...
Why are good AWS security policies so difficult?
Creating good AWS security policies is difficult for two reasons. First, the powerful AWS security model is complex and difficult to understand. Second, application deployments are changing and growing rapidly. Why is AWS IAM so @!#^$ hard? One of our favorite...