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Systematically testing web applications for broken access control vulnerabilities including privilege escalation, missing function-level checks, and insecure direct object references.

This skill covers implementing secure remote access to OT/ICS environments for operators, engineers, and vendors while preventing unauthorized access that could compromise industrial operations. It addresses jump server architecture, multi-factor authentication, session recording, privileged access management, vendor remote access controls, and compliance with IEC 62443 and NERC CIP-005 remote access requirements.

This skill instructs security practitioners on deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud as a cloud-native application protection platform for Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. It covers enabling Defender plans for servers, containers, storage, and databases, configuring security recommendations, managing Secure Score, and integrating with the unified Defender portal for centralized threat management.

Conduct systematic reviews of privileged accounts to validate access rights, identify excessive permissions, and enforce least privilege across PAM infrastructure.

Perform authorized initial access using EvilGinx3 adversary-in-the-middle phishing framework to capture session tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication during red team engagements.

Extract stored credentials from compromised endpoints using the LaZagne post-exploitation tool to recover passwords from browsers, databases, system vaults, and applications during authorized red team operations.

Conduct systematic access reviews and certifications to ensure users have appropriate access rights aligned with their roles. This skill covers review campaign design, reviewer selection, risk-based p

Configure and execute access recertification campaigns in Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud to validate user entitlements, revoke excessive access, and maintain compliance with SOX, SOC2, and HIPAA.

Implement HashiCorp Boundary for identity-aware zero trust infrastructure access management with dynamic credential brokering, session recording, and Vault integration.

Deploy Google BeyondCorp Enterprise zero trust access controls using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), context-aware access policies, device trust validation, and Access Context Manager to enforce identity and posture-based access to GCP resources and internal applications.

Implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) in cloud environments by configuring identity-aware proxies, micro-segmentation, continuous verification with conditional access policies, and replacing traditional VPN-based access with BeyondCorp-style architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Implement Zero Trust Network Access using Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to replace traditional VPN with identity-based, context-aware access to private applications through the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.