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.

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What is API Security?

API security encompasses the strategies, procedures, and solutions employed to defend APIs against threats, vulnerabilities, and unauthorized intrusion.

Dark AI Explained

Wiz Experts Team

Dark AI involves the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to facilitate cyberattacks and data breaches. Dark AI includes both accidental and strategic weaponization of AI tools.

The top 11 open-source Kubernetes security tools

It’s a good idea to consider a range of Kubernetes security tools. Open source solutions can greatly improve the security of your Kubernetes clusters, so this section explores the top 11 open-source Kubernetes security tools that can help to safeguard your Kubernetes environment.

Azure Security Risks & Mitigation Steps

Wiz Experts Team

This article offers an extensive examination of Azure environments’ most pressing security risks along with suggested approaches for effectively mitigating these challenges.

AWS DevSecOps explained: Security integration for cloud teams

Wiz Experts Team

In this article, we’ll demystify AWS DevSecOps so that you can make the most of it. Read on to learn why it’s important to adopt; how AWS native services help DevSecOps thrive; and, most importantly, how to combine AWS with DevSecOps best practices for resilient, secure, and reliable infrastructure.

Kubernetes cost management strategies

Wiz Experts Team

Understand the total cost of running Kubernetes: control plane, nodes, add‑ons, and time spent by engineers/operators.

Top Azure cost management tools in 2025

Wiz Experts Team

This article explores why Azure cost governance needs your immediate attention, provides a practical tool-selection guide so you can make a choice that ticks all your “must-have” boxes, and shows you how to achieve cloud cost savings without weakening security.

What is application vulnerability management?

Wiz Experts Team

Application vulnerability management is a continuous process of discovering, assessing, prioritizing, and remediating security weaknesses in your software code, APIs, and dependencies across the entire development lifecycle.

What is an advanced persistent threat (APT)?

Wiz Experts Team

An advanced persistent threat is a sophisticated cyberattack where skilled hackers break into your network and stay hidden for months or even years