News, updates, and deep dives on AWS IAM security from the Shieldly team.
Privilege escalation rarely comes from a single admin policy — it hides in benign-looking combinations of permissions. A breakdown of the most common AWS IAM escalation paths and how to detect them before attackers do.
Least privilege is the most repeated advice in AWS security and the least often followed. A practical workflow for scoping down IAM policies — actions, resources, conditions — without grinding your team to a halt.
Action: *, Resource: *, and Principal: * are the three most dangerous wildcards in AWS IAM. What each one really grants, and how to scope it down safely.
We're launching Shieldly — an AI-powered tool that analyzes AWS IAM policies, CloudFormation templates, and resource policies to catch overly-permissive access, privilege escalation paths, and misconfigurations that static tools miss.