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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Introduction to AWS

AWS stands for Amazon Web Services. It’s one of the most popular cloud platforms. Amazon started as an online book retailer in 1994, but even in those early days, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that Amazon.com was a tech company with an objective to simplify online transactions for consumers. The parts of the business akin to traditional retailers, such as maintaining warehouses of inventory and customer service, were just some of the necessary components. The infrastructure that Bezos truly values has always been Amazon’s data centers.

As the 1990s went on, Amazon expanded its inventory well beyond books. It started selling music, movies, apparel, home accessories, and so on. In the 21st century, Amazon sells almost everything that can be properly stored at room temperature and legally sold to consumers. They also provide a lot of different internet services for consumers, such as streaming entertainment from Amazon Prime and Kindle eBooks.

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