Setting secure defaults on AWS and avoiding misconfigurations

Published

2023-12-21 18:12

Collected

2026-08-29 01:38

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id: 7223
title: "Setting secure defaults on AWS and avoiding misconfigurations"
source_domain: wiz.io
source_url: "https://www.wiz.io/blog/how-to-set-secure-defaults-on-aws"
published_at: "2023-12-21T18:12:30Z"
tags: ["cloud", "cloud-security", "aws", "best-practices", "misconfiguration", "s3", "scp"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7223"
lang: en
---

# Setting secure defaults on AWS and avoiding misconfigurations

## Summary

Wiz's Scott Piper explains enforcing secure AWS defaults with SCPs—blocking public S3 buckets, disabling risky features and protecting the guardrails themselves—with rollout checks.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** wiz.io
- **Published:** 2023-12-21T18:12:30Z
- **Original:** https://www.wiz.io/blog/how-to-set-secure-defaults-on-aws
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7223