Hardening Cloud Workloads: Least-Privilege IAM & DevSecOps Guardrails
How to construct strict IAM boundary policies, automate vulnerability scanning, and prepare your cloud infrastructure for SOC 2.
Arbaz Khan
Cybersecurity Specialist (CISSP)
Executive Engineering Summary & Takeaways
- IAM Permissions Boundaries prevent privilege escalation even if a developer account is compromised.
- Automated container CVE scanning in CI/CD blocks critical vulnerabilities before artifacts reach ECR/GCR registries.
1. Strict IAM Boundary Policies
Every role created in your cloud must be constrained by an immutable Permissions Boundary policy.
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