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

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803248486

Length 298 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Security

Author (1):

Kim Crawley

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

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

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Using AWS PowerShell and the AWS CLI

A lot of the exercises in this chapter can be executed directly from AWS CloudShell. As long as you have a Windows, Linux, or Mac computer with internet access and a web browser, AWS CloudShell is easy to access. Your computer doesn’t need to have a workstation or gaming PC hardware specifications, because all the virtualization and computation are conducted on Amazon’s infrastructure. But I would definitely recommend that you use some sort of desktop or laptop computer, and not a phone or tablet. AWS CloudShell’s UI works best with a physical keyboard.

When you’re logged in to your AWS account in your web browser, you can access AWS CloudShell at any time by clicking on an icon at the top of your screen. The AWS CloudShell icon looks like a small square with a command prompt: