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.

What is Azure container security scanning?

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Azure Container Security Scanning finds vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in container images and workloads in Azure Container Registry and AKS.

What is DAST scanning? A cloud security perspective

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DAST scanning is an automated security testing method that analyzes your running applications from the outside. It interacts with the application just like a real user or attacker would to find security weaknesses.

What is cloud vulnerability scanning? Modern best practices

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Cloud vulnerability scanning is the automated process of identifying security flaws within your cloud infrastructure, workloads, and configurations. Unlike traditional scanning designed for static, on-premises servers, cloud scanning is built to handle the dynamic nature of the cloud.

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What is AWS container scanning?

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AWS container scanning is the practice of identifying security issues in your software containers before they run in production.

What does a SOC analyst in cloud security do?

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SOC analysts translate cloud telemetry into actionable decisions by interpreting identity activity, workload behavior, and infrastructure changes in context.

AWS Lambda cost breakdown for 2026

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In this article, we’ll break down the ins and outs of cost management in AWS Lambda. We’ll explore the complexities hidden behind the simple pay-as-you-go model and highlight the overlooked elements that can quietly inflate your bill so that you can optimize with confidence.

9 Best Practices for Stronger Azure Security

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Misconfigurations, weak access controls, and data exposure put your Azure workloads at risk. Follow these 9 proven security best practices to stay protected.

Azure Security Risks & Mitigation Steps

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

What are Application Security Frameworks?

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Application security frameworks are essential guidelines, best practices, and tools designed to help organizations stay consistent in their security practices, meet compliance requirements, and effectively manage risks associated with application security.

What is zero trust architecture? A complete guide for cloud security

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Enterprises have started gradually shifting from perimeter-based defenses to more proactive and identity-centric protection. Zero trust architecture eliminates implicit trust assumptions by requiring continuous verification of every user, device, and transaction.

What is SBOM scanning?

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An SBOM contains an inventory of all software components, libraries, dependencies, versions, licenses, and relationships.

What is Docker vulnerability scanning?

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Docker vulnerability scanning is the automated process of analyzing container images to find known security weaknesses.