Category Archives: Security

Centralized Configuration Management using Hashicorp Vault and Consul.

By | June 4, 2020

IntroductionThis document discusses configuration management and more specifically a centralized infrastructure which stores sensitive information like usernames, passwords, tokens, TLS certificates, urls endpoints, AWS credentials etc. Configuration management becomes difficult as the application grows and has scaling requirements. This document explores the standards and best practices followed in the industry for implementing stable and secure… Read More »

How to Enable Virtual MFA on AWS IAM User

By | May 28, 2020

Adding a second level of authentication is always a good practice and helps you to achieve additional level of security. In this Article we will see how we can activate MFA (Multi factor Authentication) on AWS IAM user. Login to your AWS Console using your IAM User Nevigate to Services on the Top ==> Select… Read More »

How to Generate Self Signed Certificate Using your Custom CA.

By | April 23, 2020

Many times you must be in a need of using a self signed SSL certificate, may be for your apache or nginx webservers. In this article we will see how to generate the Self Signed Certificate using your Custome CA.  Using your own Root CA, you can sign and approve as many as Certificates you… Read More »

FireEye Mandiant Agent Installation

By | March 12, 2020

FireEye is a Cyber Security firm deal with lot many products, but the most famous product from the company is Mandiant Endpoint Agent. Mandiant was a separate company founded in 2004 which was later acquired by FireEye in 2013. Mandiant helps our organization to be prevented by various security attack. This is now a propitiatory… Read More »

How to download “Blocked Attachment”​ by antivirus from Gmail?

By | February 22, 2020

I always work on a simple principle – “Keep the things simple”. This simple concept always helped me personally and professionally. Recently I have gone through an incident which again proved that the said concept always works. In 2014, I have worked very hard to create a web application. It took me hell lot of time,… Read More »