All Episodes
Displaying 21 - 40 of 61 in total
Episode 21 — Protect automation credentials with short-lived access patterns and guardrails
This episode explains how automation identities in CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and scheduled jobs often hold high-impact privileges, making long-lived secrets a rep...
Episode 22 — Recognize credential misuse signals hidden in everyday cloud activity
This episode trains you to spot subtle indicators of credential misuse that blend into normal cloud operations, a frequent exam theme when questions test detection log...
Episode 23 — Audit cloud environments using benchmark tools and compliance lenses
This episode covers how cloud audits are performed using benchmark-aligned checks and compliance lenses, and how the GPCS exam expects you to reason about control inte...
Episode 24 — Turn benchmark findings into concrete fixes that actually reduce risk
This episode focuses on converting benchmark findings into targeted remediation that measurably reduces risk, because exam questions often distinguish between “cosmeti...
Episode 25 — Measure configuration drift and prove controls stay in place over time
This episode explains configuration drift as the slow undoing of your security posture through change, emergencies, and unmanaged variance, a real-world problem that t...
Episode 26 — Build evidence-ready cloud auditing habits that survive real scrutiny
This episode teaches how to produce audit evidence that is credible under scrutiny, aligning with exam expectations around accountability, traceability, and proving co...
Episode 27 — Validate control effectiveness by testing what misconfigurations still allow
This episode focuses on validating whether controls actually block the misconfigurations and abuse paths they claim to address, which is central to exam reasoning abou...
Episode 28 — Build end-user identity management that fits cloud realities, not wishful thinking
This episode explains end-user identity management in cloud environments with a focus on the practical constraints the GPCS exam tests: scale, federation, lifecycle ma...
Episode 29 — Evaluate cloud single sign-on solutions for security and operational resilience
This episode covers how to evaluate cloud single sign-on (SSO) in a way that balances security, reliability, and administrative clarity—exactly the tradeoffs exam ques...
Episode 30 — Harden identity federation paths to prevent trust abuse and token misuse
This episode explains identity federation as a trust relationship that must be deliberately constrained, because federation failures often enable token misuse, lateral...
Episode 31 — Detect identity anomalies by understanding normal authentication behaviors
This episode teaches you how to define “normal” authentication behavior so anomalies become measurable signals instead of vague suspicion, a skill the GPCS exam tests ...
Episode 32 — Reduce token and session risk with strong lifecycle and revocation discipline
This episode focuses on token and session lifecycle management, because cloud breaches often succeed not by breaking MFA but by stealing and reusing sessions, refresh ...
Episode 33 — Design key management systems with clear ownership and strong boundaries
This episode explains how to design key management so encryption is not just “turned on,” but governed, auditable, and resilient under real operational pressure—exactl...
Episode 34 — Assess KMS security posture using threat-driven questions that reveal gaps
This episode teaches you how to evaluate a key management service (KMS) posture using questions that surface real weaknesses, which is a common exam pattern when you m...
Episode 35 — Prevent key misuse through permissions, separation, and careful key lifecycle
This episode focuses on preventing key misuse by combining least-privilege permissions, separation of duties, and disciplined key lifecycle management, all of which th...
Episode 36 — Encrypt sensitive data in cloud platforms with sane defaults and verified outcomes
This episode explains how to implement encryption for sensitive cloud data in a way that is both exam-correct and operationally dependable, focusing on what encryption...
Episode 37 — Choose encryption approaches that survive incident response and legal scrutiny
This episode teaches you how to choose encryption approaches that remain defensible under incident response pressure and legal scrutiny, where you may need to prove wh...
Episode 38 — Protect encryption workflows from misconfigurations that silently disable security
This episode covers how encryption controls fail quietly through misconfiguration, which the GPCS exam often tests by presenting “encrypted” environments that are actu...
Episode 39 — Validate encryption coverage so “enabled” means provably protecting the data
This episode focuses on proving encryption coverage, because “enabled” is not the same as “effective,” and exam questions often probe whether you can verify coverage a...
Episode 40 — Secure cloud storage services by design, not by hope
This episode introduces cloud storage security as an architecture problem, not a checklist, aligning with GPCS exam questions that test default risk, access design, an...