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.

The SOAR Tools Landscape in 2026

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SOAR tools unify your operational workflow, allowing you to ingest alerts from fragmented sources and automate the repetitive aspects of incident response.

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What is OSINT (open-source intelligence)?

Wiz Experts Team

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is the process of collecting, analyzing, and converting publicly available information about an organization's digital footprint into clear technical insights that guide security decisions.

Kubernetes as a service

Kubernetes as a service (KaaS) is a model in which hyperscalers like AWS, GCP, and Azure allow you to quickly and easily start a Kubernetes cluster and begin deploying workloads on it instantly.

The AI Bill of Rights Explained

Wiz Experts Team

The AI Bill of Rights is a framework for developing and using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in a way that puts people's basic civil rights first.

Cloud Migration Security Explained

Cloud migration security is a facet of cybersecurity that protects organizations from security risks during a transition to cloud environments from legacy infrastructure, like on-premises data centers.

Application security engineer career guide

Wiz Experts Team

An application security engineer (AppSec engineer) secures the software development lifecycle by integrating security practices into design, code, and deployment workflows.

Top threat intelligence platforms in 2026

Threat intelligence platforms (TIPs) aggregate attacker data from OSINT, dark web sources, commercial feeds, and adversary infrastructure to highlight the threats most likely to be exploited.

Cloud Investigation and Response Automation (CIRA)

Cloud investigation and response automation (CIRA) harnesses the power of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation to provide organizations with real-time insights into potential security incidents within their cloud environments

CIEM vs. IAM

Wiz Experts Team

In this article, we'll compare CIEM and IAM to explain how these crucial techniques help reduce your attack surface.

Cloud Sprawl Explained

Wiz Experts Team

Cloud sprawl is a phenomenon that involves the unmanaged growth of cloud-based resources and services.

What Is a Reverse Shell Attack?

Wiz Experts Team

A reverse shell attack is a type of cyberattack where a threat actor establishes a connection from a target machine (the victim's) to their machine.