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Friday Flows Episode 20: Regularly Update Insecure AWS EC2 Security Groups

Launching an AWS EC2 instance can be done in seconds, but are they being set up securely for success? In today's Friday Flows, Michael Tolan helps us celebrate the 700th Tines Story Library addition with a look at a customer submitted workflow to audit and remediate default security groups for virtual machines in AWS.

What is IaC? Infrastructure as code explained in 60 seconds

IaC or infrastructure as code is the codifying of our infrastructure. it takes the manual tasks that a sys admin would have done and it makes it repeatable and scalable. IaC can be declarative or descriptive and uses lots of different tools like Terraform Ansible and Puppet to name a few. This video explains what IaC is and how it works in 60 seconds.

Cloudflare breach - How the Okta attack led to Cloudflare systems getting hacked: Breach Breakdown

In this video, we drill down into the recent breach of Cloudflare systems including how attackers were able to use stolen credentials from the Okta attack to move laterally and hack the Cloudflare internal Atlassian server. The security incident shows the dangers of secrets sprawl not only in internal systems but also in the supply chain leading to potential data leaks.

Cybersecurity in the Age of Regulation - Sysdig

Cybersecurity breaches are becoming more frequent and more impactful. Adversaries continue to grow stronger, and defenders aren’t always keeping pace. On July 26th, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued new regulations on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure, leaving many companies concerned about how to ensure compliance with these new rules, and what changes they may need to make to get up to speed.