Cloud Security
AWS Security Lab - Cloud Attack & Detection
Designed and implemented a hands-on AWS security laboratory for practicing purple team methodologies, combining offensive attack simulations with defensive detection engineering.
Objective
Create a realistic AWS environment for learning cloud security through practical attack/defense scenarios covering IAM, S3, EC2, and Lambda services.
Tools & Technologies
AWS EC2
AWS S3
AWS IAM
AWS CloudTrail
AWS GuardDuty
AWS Lambda
Elastic Stack
CloudWatch
Methodology
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Lab infrastructure setup
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Attack scenario development
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Attack execution and documentation
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Detection rule creation
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Response playbook development
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Content sharing
Key Outcomes & Impact
- Configured complete AWS security stack: EC2, S3, IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty for attack simulation and detection
- Implemented Elastic Stack for centralized logging and security event correlation
- Developed attack scenarios: IAM privilege escalation, S3 bucket misconfigurations, EC2 instance compromise, suspicious Lambda invocations
- Created detection rules for each attack path mapped to cloud security best practices
- Built purple team playbooks combining red team attack documentation with blue team detection and response procedures
- Shared learning journey with 1,000+ Instagram followers documenting real-world cloud security techniques
Lessons Learned
Cloud security requires understanding both offensive techniques and defensive controls. Purple team methodologies accelerate security skill development by connecting attack patterns to detections. Sharing security knowledge builds community and reinforces learning.
Skills Demonstrated
AWS Security
Cloud Incident Response
Purple Teaming
Detection Engineering
MITRE ATT&CK