RivasSec

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Field notes on infrastructure security, cloud hardening, Kubernetes, IAM, and OSINT by RivasSec.

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IAM Blast Radius Is an Architecture Problem, Not a Policy Problem

Most IAM reviews start too late, after the account structure and trust boundaries are set. Least privilege isn't fewer actions; it's smaller failure domains.


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IAM Roles That Fail Loud: Small Defaults, Big Difference

A small Pulumi library that treats IAM safety as a precondition: mandatory permissions boundary, no wildcard trust, no wildcard actions, every opt-out explicit.


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Elasticsearch Snapshot Verification, Minimal Privileges

Verify Elasticsearch snapshots without manage_snapshot: minimal API key, Prometheus-friendly script, and a public tools repo for hardened monitoring automation.


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