CloudTrail
3 articles on CloudTrail — AWS security, compliance, and account management from the Vigilare team.
AWS KMS Security: Key Management Monitoring and Best Practices
A practical guide to securing AWS Key Management Service — monitoring key usage, preventing unauthorized decryption, and detecting KMS misconfigurations before they cause data breaches.
Vigilare Engineering · January 19, 2026 · 10 min read
AWS AssumeRole Monitoring: Detecting Unauthorized Cross-Account Access
Role assumption is the primary mechanism for cross-account access in AWS, and unauthorized assumption is a key signal of compromise or misconfiguration. This guide covers monitoring AssumeRole activity with CloudTrail and building alerts for suspicious patterns.
Viktor B. · January 7, 2026 · 8 min read
Cross-Account CloudTrail: Centralizing Audit Logs Across Your AWS Organization
Centralizing CloudTrail logs across multiple AWS accounts is essential for security investigations, compliance evidence, and anomaly detection. This guide covers the architecture for tamper-resistant centralized audit logging.
Viktor B. · January 5, 2026 · 7 min read