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Cloud Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Cloud Penetration Testing Learn how to effectively pentest AWS, Azure, and GCP applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248486
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kim Crawley Kim Crawley
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Today’s Cloud Networks and Their Security Implications
2. Chapter 1: How Do Enterprises Utilize and Implement Cloud Networks? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: How Are Cloud Networks Cyber Attacked? 4. Chapter 3: Key Concepts for Pentesting Today’s Cloud Networks 5. Part 2: Pentesting AWS
6. Chapter 4: Security Features in AWS 7. Chapter 5: Pentesting AWS Features through Serverless Applications and Tools 8. Chapter 6: Pentesting Containerized Applications in AWS 9. Part 3: Pentesting Microsoft Azure
10. Chapter 7: Security Features in Azure 11. Chapter 8: Pentesting Azure Features through Serverless Applications and Tools 12. Chapter 9: Pentesting Containerized Applications in Azure 13. Part 4: Pentesting GCP
14. Chapter 10: Security Features in GCP 15. Chapter 11: Pentesting GCP Features through Serverless Applications and Tools 16. Chapter 12: Pentesting Containerized Applications in GCP 17. Chapter 13: Best Practices and Summary 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

There are a number of handy tools you can use to check your security posture in Azure, run vulnerability scans, and conduct simple pentests. All of the information you can acquire from these tools can be useful to include in your pentest report.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is your main security posture hub. It provides security recommendations, security alerts, attack path analysis, troubleshooters, and security configuration information. Azure Firewall Manager is also built in. Azure Firewall helps to allow and deny activity in your Azure instance. You definitely want to deny activity that could help a cyber threat actor!

The Azure Cloud Shell CLI can be executed in your web browser while you’re logged in to Azure’s web application. We can install and run third-party pentesting tools from Azure Cloud Shell.

Prowler is just as useful for pentesting Azure as it is for pentesting AWS.

MFASweep is specifically for Azure. It’s the most effective...

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