Cloud Entitlement Management: How to reduce identity risk with context
Cloud entitlements are access and administrative privileges that define what resources users can access and how they can interact with those resources.
CloudSec Academy
Welcome to CloudSec Academy, your guide to navigating the alphabet soup of cloud security acronyms and industry jargon. Cut through the noise with clear, concise, and expertly crafted content covering fundamentals to best practices.
Code Security
Code security, also known as secure coding, refers to the practices, methodologies, and tools designed to ensure that the code written for applications and systems is secure from vulnerabilities and threats.
The Open-Source Code Security Tool Roundup
Wiz Experts Team
This article will give you a refresher on code security and review the most popular open-source code security tools available.
AKS Security Best Practices
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) delivers Kubernetes as a managed service in Azure and is popular among organizations looking for a hassle-free Kubernetes solution in the cloud.
What is a Prompt Injection Attack?
Prompt injection attacks are an AI security threat where an attacker manipulates the input prompt in natural language processing (NLP) systems to influence the system’s output.
Data Leakage: Risks, Causes, & Prevention
Data leakage is the unchecked exfiltration of organizational data to a third party. It occurs through various means such as misconfigured databases, poorly protected network servers, phishing attacks, or even careless data handling.
EC2 Cloud Cost Optimization: Strategies to Reduce Amazon EC2 Spend
Cloud cost optimization is the continuous practice of making sure you’re only paying for the compute resources you actually need. It's about matching the supply of your instances to the real-time demand of your workloads, selecting the right pricing models, and ruthlessly eliminating waste.
Cloud Cost Optimization: Reduce Spend in 2025
Cloud cost optimization is the systematic practice of reducing cloud spend while improving cloud efficiency through enhanced visibility, resource rightsizing, workload automation, and team accountability.
Top Vulnerability Management Solutions in 2025
Wiz Experts Team
Modern vulnerability management is evolving into Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM)—a single approach that connects all scanners, adds cloud context, and turns scattered findings into prioritized, fixable risks.
ChatGPT Security for Enterprises: Risks and Best Practices
ChatGPT security is the process of protecting an organization from the compliance, brand image, customer experience, and general safety risks that ChatGPT introduces into applications.
Top CrowdStrike Alternatives & Competitors in 2025
This guide provides a straightforward comparison between CrowdStrike’s security offerings and other cybersecurity tools in the marketplace.
What is Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM)?
Cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) is a security practice that gives teams unified visibility and control over all enterprise assets—cloud, SaaS, on-prem, and beyond. It helps eliminate blind spots and reduce risk by correlating asset data from across your environment and tools. CAASM enables teams to query, prioritize, and act from a single source of truth.
Implementing NIST Incident Response in the Cloud Era
Wiz Experts Team
This article explores the NIST IR model and capabilities to look out for when choosing IR tools to support NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2 implementation.
The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Scanning and Resolution
Wiz Experts Team
Master vulnerability scanning with this detailed guide. You’ll learn about scanning types, how scanning works, how to pick the right scanning tool, and more.
Malware Scanning in the Cloud: Everything You Need to Know
Wiz Experts Team
Malware scanning is the process of inspecting files, systems, and cloud resources for signs of malicious software—before it causes damage.
Data Poisoning: Current Trends and Recommended Defense Strategies
Wiz Experts Team
Data poisoning threatens the cloud, especially when 70% of cloud environments use AI services. Learn about the top threats and how to protect your organization.
7 Incident Response Plan Templates & Examples
Wiz Experts Team
Writing your IR plan from scratch? Not sure where to begin? Get a head start with these free templates and examples.
What is Attack Surface Analysis?
Wiz Experts Team
Attack surface analysis is a cybersecurity practice that identifies and evaluates all potential access points, external and internal, that an attacker could exploit.
On-Premise vs. Cloud Security
Wiz Experts Team
Let's compare on-premises and cloud security, examine their differences, and explore key cloud-specific security concepts to help you choose the best approaches to security for your entire organization.
Top CIEM Solutions: Which Should You Try?
Wiz Experts Team
Smart CIEM beats basic visibility. The best platforms prioritize real attack paths and provide actionable fixes, not just permission inventories.
Wiz Alternatives: What to consider (and why there’s no exact substitute)
Wiz Experts Team
Looking for a Wiz alternative? Learn why Wiz stands apart and when it may take multiple tools to match its coverage.
ABAC vs. RBAC: What’s the difference?
Wiz Experts Team
Choosing between role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) sets up how your cloud stack determines who may do what, where, and when. This blog post shows you the functional differences between the two models.
Base Image Vulnerabilities: Risks, Real Examples, & How to Secure Them
Wiz Experts Team
A base image is the foundational layer of every container—it acts like the container’s operating system (OS), providing core files, dependencies, and configurations needed to run your application.
Top DSPM Solutions: Choosing the Right One for Cloud Data Security
DSPM solutions are essential for effective cloud data security and compliance because they continuously oversee and assess an organization’s cloud data security practices and configurations.