Permission Graphs
Analyze effective privileges across users, groups, roles, service principals and workload identities. Look for unintended privilege chains rather than reviewing permissions in isolation.
CYBERINTEL HUB / TOPIC MODULE
Cloud & Identity
Defend cloud workloads and identity systems across AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes.
Explore Cloud & Identity
Topic-focused references and direct links. This page stays focused on cloud & identity rather than repeating the main portal.
Cloud and identity security converge around who can access what, from where, under which conditions and with what level of privilege.
Identity is a control plane
Strong authentication, MFA, least privilege, privileged access management and lifecycle controls reduce the impact of compromised accounts.
Cloud telemetry
Collect identity, control-plane, network and workload signals so security teams can detect unusual access, privilege changes and suspicious resource activity.
Secure by design
Use segmentation, secure defaults, secrets management, workload hardening and continuous configuration monitoring alongside identity controls.
This module presents the technical concepts, operational considerations and defensive engineering practices relevant to the topic.
Identity Attack Paths
Model effective permissions across users, groups, roles, service principals and workload identities. Look for privilege escalation, toxic combinations and unused permissions.
Cloud Control Plane
Monitor administrative actions, authentication anomalies, key changes, role assignments, resource creation and policy modifications. Control-plane telemetry is often essential for reconstructing cloud incidents.
Workload Security
Combine image provenance, secrets management, runtime telemetry, network policy and vulnerability data. Kubernetes and cloud workloads require controls at build, deployment and runtime stages.
Zero Trust Integration
Treat identity, device posture, workload context and resource sensitivity as signals for access decisions rather than relying solely on network location.
Technical Perspective
Architecture, operational and engineering considerations relevant to this topic.
Control-Plane Detection
Monitor administrative API activity, policy changes, role assignments, access-key lifecycle, resource creation and security-control modifications.
Workload Identity
Prefer short-lived workload credentials, workload identity federation and narrowly scoped permissions over long-lived static secrets.
Cloud Forensics
Preserve control-plane events, identity logs, network telemetry and workload evidence with synchronized timestamps for post-incident reconstruction.
IAM & Least Privilege
Reduce excessive permissions and validate access paths.
Open related CyberIntel section →Cloud Detection
Collect identity, control-plane and workload telemetry for hunting.
Open related CyberIntel section →Kubernetes Security
Secure clusters, workloads, identities and exposed services.
Open related CyberIntel section →API Security
Protect interfaces through authentication, authorization and monitoring.
Open related CyberIntel section →Defensive-use: use security tools and techniques only on systems and environments you are authorized to assess. Use intentionally vulnerable labs or isolated test environments for experimentation.