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Debugging AWS Cloud Security

Follow signals from audit, network, and identity to close gaps fast.

AWS debugging toolkit

Click a tool to see a quick debugging hint below.

Select a tool above.

IAM troubleshooting flow

explicit deny? → yes → stop (SCP or boundary)
  ↓ no
policy simulator / CLI dry-run → missing action or resource ARN?
  ↓
session tags / condition keys mismatch? → adjust sts:TagSession or policy
  ↓
credential age / wrong role? → refresh STS chain

CodePipeline debugging checklist

Security group misconfiguration

Before

Inbound: 0.0.0.0/0 TCP 22
Inbound: 0.0.0.0/0 TCP 3389

After

Inbound: 10.0.0.0/8 TCP 22 from bastion SG
Outbound: restrict to required endpoints

Prefer Systems Manager Session Manager to avoid open SSH from the internet.