Cloud and network penetration testing guides

Google Workspace security checklist for 2026: 40 Admin console settings, with where each lives, the edition it needs, risky defaults and how to verify it.

Kubernetes security checklist and best practices for 2026: 40 checks across RBAC, pods, Secrets, network and cloud identity, mapped to OWASP K01-K10.

Office 365 security best practices for 2026: a 40-point Microsoft 365 checklist with where each control lives, the license it needs and how to verify it.

An Active Directory hardening checklist: Tier 0, Kerberos, delegation, AD CS, LAPS, relay, password audits and logging, each with a way to verify it.

Azure penetration testing guide: Microsoft's rules of engagement, Entra ID and managed identity attack paths, Key Vault and storage exposure, and scoping.

Blockchain penetration testing for exchanges, custodians, wallets and DeFi: withdrawal flows, APIs, key management, cloud and smart contract review.

Firewall penetration testing explained: external exposure, segmentation between zones, attacker-side rule review and PCI DSS segmentation tests, with costs.

GCP penetration testing guide: Google's testing policy, IAM and service-account attack paths, the metadata server, GKE workload identity, and scoping.

A network penetration testing checklist for internal and external tests: scoping, perimeter, Active Directory, segmentation, reporting and the retest.

What a network security assessment covers, the main types from a validated scan to a full attack test, a network security audit checklist, and what each costs.

What infrastructure penetration testing covers, how external and internal scope is counted, how it maps to PCI, SOC 2 and NYDFS, and fixed prices from $4,200.

External penetration testing attacks your perimeter from outside; internal testing starts from a foothold inside. What each finds, and when you need both.

How IoT penetration testing works: firmware extraction, debug ports, BLE and RF attacks, cloud backends, and the standards a secure device maps to.

What FDA expects in premarket cybersecurity submissions under section 524B, how medical device penetration testing produces that evidence, and what to test.

What network penetration testing is, how external and internal tests differ, the methodology testers follow, what it costs, and how to buy it well.

AWS penetration testing explained: what AWS allows without approval, what is prohibited, the IAM, S3, Lambda and IMDS attack paths, and how to scope a test.

A practical guide to cloud application security: shared responsibility by service model, the main risks, the controls that matter, and how to test them.

Cloud security best practices that prevent breaches: identity, patching, data protection, secrets, configuration, monitoring and testing, in priority order.

OAuth connected apps can read your email and files without ever touching your password. Here is how malicious integrations work and how to limit the damage.