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Cloud Auditing Best Practices
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Cloud Auditing Best Practices

by Shinesa Cambric, Michael Ratemo
January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
268 pages
5h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
Audiobook available
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8

Walk-Through – Assessing IAM Controls

From Chapter 1, Cloud Architecture and Navigation, to Chapter 6, Tips and Techniques for Advanced Auditing, we built foundational knowledge of cloud structure, navigation, and security controls, and in Chapter 7, Tools for Monitoring and Assessing, we learned about tools available for auditing. Now, it’s time to put our learning into practice by performing some example audit walk-throughs of basic controls within the major cloud providers.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the following main topics:

  • Preparing to assess cloud IAM controls
  • Assessing authentication and authorization
  • Assessing access assignment controls
  • Assessing privileged access controls
  • Assessing device controls

We will pose an assessment ...

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ISBN: 9781803243771