Three‑phase plan for companies to strengthen Identity, Logging/Monitoring, and Networking.
Review current identities, access policies, and roles. Identify gaps in least‑privilege, privileged accounts, and user lifecycle management.
Implement least‑privilege permissions, centralize identities, enforce MFA, and define roles instead of long‑term access keys.
Automate access reviews, role rotations, and on‑/off‑boarding. Introduce audit trails for all identity‑related changes.
Centralize logs from IAM, workload, and network services. Enable audit trails and activity logs in the cloud.
Configure security‑relevant alerts and performance baselines. Define SLOs for log retention and query latency.
Integrate key logs into a SIEM or managed security service. Build dashboards for IAM activity, failed logins, and resource changes.
Review VPCs, subnets, firewalls, and routing. Enforce micro‑segmentation and least‑privilege access between services.
Enable flow logs, packet inspection, and WAF/CDN security controls. Correlate traffic anomalies with user and resource activity.
Run penetration tests, security reviews, and incident response drills. Refine policies, alerts, and playbooks.
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