No clue if something odd is happening in the cloud account
GuardDuty (AWS), Defender for Cloud (Azure), Security Command Center (GCP) are the minimum detection layer. Always on.
Try this first
- 1AWS: enable GuardDuty in all regions, even unused ones
- 2Azure: Defender for Cloud Standard tier on production subscriptions
- 3GCP: Security Command Center Standard is free, Premium adds detections
- 4Forward findings to SIEM or a shared inbox, nobody watches by default
When to bring us in
On active detection (mining, IAM anomaly), follow IR: containment, eradication, recovery.
See also
- Everyone logs in with the AWS root accountRoot is for emergencies and billing. Day-to-day work belongs in IAM users or SSO.
- Every developer has AdministratorAccessAdministratorAccess everywhere is convenient now, painful later. Start with role-based policies.
- Everyone has individual IAM users with their own passwordIdentity Center (formerly AWS SSO) links to your IdP and issues temporary credentials per session.
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