Episode 80 — Cloud Security III: Logging, Keys, and Workload Hygiene

Visibility, key management, and workload upkeep form the operational backbone of secure cloud environments. This episode explains how enabling platform-native logs—like CloudTrail, Activity Logs, and Audit Logs—provides accountability across services. You’ll learn why centralized aggregation, consistent schema, and synchronized timestamps are crucial for effective monitoring. The conversation then shifts to key management, covering rotation, separation of duties, and hardware security module (HSM) integration. Understanding how cloud key services operate prepares you to reason through GSEC exam questions on encryption and governance.


Listeners will also explore workload hygiene practices: patching images, scanning configurations, and maintaining minimal access through service identities rather than embedded secrets. We connect these habits to automated compliance and continuous deployment pipelines that ensure every deployment starts secure. The episode reinforces that in the cloud, hygiene equals resilience—visibility, disciplined key handling, and maintenance turn elasticity from a risk into an advantage. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.