Demonstrate Cloud Visibility by Mapping Resources and Integrating Logs into SIEM

 

Business Scenario

You are a Cloud Security Analyst at CyberSecure Solutions. The organisation has several cloud resources but does not have a clear view of what is running or what is happening in the environment.

Your task is to identify and map cloud resources, enable logging, send cloud logs to a SIEM, and verify that the resources and security events are visible to the SOC team.

 

Pre-Lab Preparation

Git Pull

git pull origin branchName

Topic: Cloud Monitoring and Visibility

1) Cloud Environment Visibility & Architecture

2) Cloud Logging & Monitoring

3) Threat Detection in Cloud Environments

 

Objective

Create an inventory of resources in the cloud environment.

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Log in to the authorised cloud account.

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Open the cloud management console.

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Identify available resources such as:

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Task 1: Identify Cloud Resources 

  • Virtual Machines

  • Storage

  • Databases

  • Networks

  • IAM users/roles

Expected Output

 

Record the resource name, type, region, and status.

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Example

ResourceTypeRegionStatus
TEST-VM01Virtual MachineMumbaiRunning
Training-BucketStorageMumbaiActive
TestDBDatabaseMumbaiRunning

Activity

A basic cloud resource inventory is created.

Objective

Understand how cloud resources are connected.

Identify the main cloud resources.

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Identify their relationships.

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Create a simple architecture diagram.

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Task 2: Create a Cloud Resource Map

Example

Activity

Students create a basic cloud resource and visibility map.

Objective

Collect activity logs from cloud resources.

Open the cloud provider's logging/audit service.

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Enable logging for the training environment.

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Configure the required destination.

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  • User login.

  • Resource creation.

  • Resource modification.

  • Resource deletion.

Task 3: Enable Cloud Logging

Generate simple test activities, such as:

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Expected Output

 

Cloud activity is successfully recorded.

 

Verify that the activities are recorded in the cloud logs.

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Objective

Send cloud security logs to the central SIEM.

Task 4: Integrate Cloud Logs with SIEM

Open the SIEM configuration.

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Wait for cloud events to appear.

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Verify that the SIEM identifies the cloud log source correctly.

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Configure the authorized cloud log source.

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Provide the required authentication/configuration details.

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Start log collection.

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Example

Expected Output

 

Cloud logs are visible in the SIEM.

 

Objective

Confirm that cloud activity can be monitored centrally.

Perform a test activity on a cloud resource.

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Open the SIEM dashboard.

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Search for the corresponding event.

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Task 5: Verify Cloud Visibility 

Verify:

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  • Cloud resource

  • User

  • Timestamp

  • Action

  • Source

  • Event status

Confirm that the event can be traced back to the cloud resource.

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Expected Output

 

  • Cloud resource

  • User

  • Timestamp

  • Action

  • Source

  • Event status

Activity

Students can monitor cloud activity through the SIEM.

Objective

Use centralised cloud logs to identify suspicious activity.

Task 6: Identify a Security Event 

Review the collected cloud events.

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Look for unusual activities such as:

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Select one event.

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Investigate the event using the available log information.

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Example

  • Unexpected login.

  • Unauthorised access attempt.

  • Unusual resource modification.

  • Unexpected privilege change.

 

Record the finding.

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Expected Output

 

Task 7: Document Cloud Visibility

Objective

Create a basic cloud visibility report.

Record:

 

Activity

Students identify and document a potential cloud security event.

FieldExample
ResourceTEST-VM01
Resource TypeVirtual Machine
RegionMumbai
LoggingEnabled
SIEMWazuh
Log SourceCloud Audit Logs
Events ReceivedYes
Monitoring StatusActive

Example Finding

Resource: TEST-VM01

 

Visibility:

The cloud resource was mapped and its activity logs

were integrated into the SIEM.

 

Verification:

Test cloud activities were successfully observed

through the SIEM dashboard.

 

Status:

Cloud visibility successfully implemented.

Expected Output

 

Click Here for the Output

Example Finding

Resource: TEST-VM01

 

Visibility:

The cloud resource was mapped and its activity logs

were integrated into the SIEM.

 

Verification:

Test cloud activities were successfully observed

through the SIEM dashboard.

 

Status:

Cloud visibility successfully implemented.

 

Great job!

After completing this lab, students will be able to identify cloud resources, create a cloud asset inventory, map relationships between resources, enable cloud activity logging, integrate cloud logs with a SIEM, centrally monitor cloud resources, and identify basic cloud security events.

Checkpoint

   Git Push

git push origin branchName

Next-Lab Preparation

Topic: Cloud Monitoring and Visibility

1) Cloud Environment Visibility & Architecture

2) Cloud Logging & Monitoring

3) Threat Detection in Cloud Environments