--- title: "Beginner Archives - Cybr" description: "Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Beginner from the Cybr blog." url: https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/ --- From the blog # Beginner Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Beginner from the Cybr blog. Browse the archive ## Latest articles 10 on this page - September 21, 2026 ### AWS Secrets Manager vs. Systems Manager Parameter Store When should you use AWS Secrets Manager versus Systems Manager Parameter Store to store your secrets in AWS? They have similar functionality, but when does… Read article [AWS Secrets Manager vs. Systems Manager Parameter Store](https://cybr.com/aws/aws-secrets-manager-vs-systems-manager-parameter-store/) - July 27, 2025 ### Announcing our latest course: AWS Lambda Security Labs Earlier this year we launched some awesome AWS Lambda CTFs that have received great feedback. But unless you already have experience with finding Lambda vulnerabilities,… Read article [Announcing our latest course: AWS Lambda Security Labs](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/announcing-our-latest-course-aws-lambda-security-labs/) - June 26, 2025 ### Announcing Our First Azure Course: Getting Started with Microsoft Defender for Cloud We’ve been focused on AWS security for a while now, but here’s the thing: many of you work in multi-cloud environments or have been asking… Read article [Announcing Our First Azure Course: Getting Started with Microsoft Defender for Cloud](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/announcing-our-first-azure-course-getting-started-with-microsoft-defender-for-cloud/) - December 19, 2024 ### AWS IAM Credentials Report \[Cheat Sheet\] I recently came across this neat cheat sheet by Steampipe for AWS IAM Credential Reports, which is a simple but mighty feature you may not… Read article [AWS IAM Credentials Report \[Cheat Sheet\]](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/aws-iam-credentials-report-cheat-sheet/) - June 11, 2024 ### Encrypt and Decrypt Data with KMS and Data Keys \[Cheat Sheet\] Whether you’re studying for the AWS Certified Security Specialty exam, or whether you need a way of encrypting and decrypting data to keep it safe,… Read article [Encrypt and Decrypt Data with KMS and Data Keys \[Cheat Sheet\]](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/encrypt-and-decrypt-data-with-kms-and-data-keys-cheat-sheet/) - February 7, 2024 ### What Is AWS IAM? Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies Explained AWS IAM controls who can do what in your AWS accounts. Here is how users, groups, roles, and policies fit together, with CLI examples for each. Read article [What Is AWS IAM? Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies Explained](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/what-is-aws-iam/) - February 7, 2024 ### AWS IAM Roles Explained: Trust Policies, Service Roles, and Best Practices IAM roles give people and workloads short-term credentials instead of long-term access keys. Learn how roles, trust policies, and service-linked roles work. Read article [AWS IAM Roles Explained: Trust Policies, Service Roles, and Best Practices](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/aws-iam-roles-explained/) - February 7, 2024 ### AWS IAM Identity Center: Permission Sets, Identity Sources, and Why to Use It IAM Identity Center (formerly AWS SSO) gives your workforce single sign-on access to many AWS accounts without IAM users or long-term credentials. Read article [AWS IAM Identity Center: Permission Sets, Identity Sources, and Why to Use It](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/aws-iam-identity-center/) - February 7, 2024 ### Introducing Free AWS Cloud Security Hands-On Labs Our free Hands-On Labs are a great way to dip your toes into the AWS cloud security space completely risk-free. No credit card required, just… Read article [Introducing Free AWS Cloud Security Hands-On Labs](https://cybr.com/announcements/introducing-free-aws-cloud-security-hands-on-labs/) - July 3, 2022 ### Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes Password-based authentication has been proven time and time again to be a vulnerable form of authentication. One of the best defenses is using Multifactor Authentication,… Read article [Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/multifactor-authentication-mfa-factors-and-attributes/) 1[2](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/2/)[3](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/3/)[4](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/4/) [Next](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/2/)