Simply speaking ACM (AWS Certificate Manager) uses KMS (Key Management Service) to protects the private key. What drew my attention into this topic is that a user get denied (no permission to describe kms key) when trying to request a ACM certificate in a region where KMS is explicitly denied. This diagrams explains how ACM … Continue reading How ACM protects the private key?
Question: Using the credentials for one IAM role 1 to assume a different IAM role 2, what is the maximum duration of the new credentials? A. Same as Role 1B. Same as Role 2C. Same as the role (1 or 2) which has longer maximum duration D. Same as the role (1 or 2) which … Continue reading AWS IAM Role Chaining
Identity & Access Management Secure AWS account (AWS organization, MFA).Rely on centralized identity provider (SSO).Use multiple AWS accounts ot separate workloads and workloads stages such as production and non-production (SCP, Guardrails, Control Tower).Store and use secret securely (STS, Secrets Manager). Detection Enable foundation security services (AWS CloudTrail, Amazon GuardDuty, and AWS Security Hub).Configure service and … Continue reading AWS Security Checklist
We use Cloud Conformity as a compliance check tool against our AWS environments. Recently, there is a new check failed - ELBv2 ALB Security Group, and the given reason is Load Balancer [alb-d-LoadB-XXXXXXXX] is not associated with valid and secure security groups. I have confirmed that the ALB is associated with a valid and security … Continue reading ELBv2 ALB Security Group Check in Cloud Conformity
Do you notice anything that is not right in the following CloudFormation template? ... Resources: CodeBuildServiceRole: # IAM role for the codebuild project. Type: AWS::IAM::Role Properties: RoleName: !Sub ${ProjectName}-CodeBuild-ServiceRole Path: /team-abc/ AssumeRolePolicyDocument: Version: "2012-10-17" Statement: - Action: ['sts:AssumeRole'] Effect: Allow Principal: Service: ['codebuild.amazonaws.com'] Policies: - PolicyName: !Sub ${ProjectName}-CodeBuild-Policy PolicyDocument: Version: "2012-10-17" Statement: - Action: # … Continue reading Service Role for CodeBuild
