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Cloud security, explained plainly
Short guides to the ideas behind cloud posture work: what the terms mean, how the practices work, and where they tend to break down. Each guide teaches the topic first, then shows how ACSE approaches it.
Learn the practice, not a product
Each guide starts with the topic itself, in terms you can use with any tool.
Share one vocabulary
The glossary gives security, engineering, risk and audit the same words for the same things.
See where it breaks
Every guide names the common failure points, so you can check your own program against them.
Guides
Start with a topic
What is CSPM?
How cloud security posture management finds misconfigurations, and what it doesn’t cover.
Explore02Attack path analysis
How separate findings connect into a route from the internet to your data.
Explore03Automated remediation
The ways teams automate fixes, and what a safe automated fix needs.
Explore04Policy as code
Writing security rules as code, testing them and rolling them out without surprises.
Explore05Compliance evidence
What makes evidence hold up in an audit, and why a dashboard isn’t enough.
Explore06Glossary
The terms used across these guides and the ACSE product, defined in one place.
ExploreA reading path
From finding to proof
If you are new to the area, the guides read well in this order. Each one picks up where the last stops.
- Find what is misconfiguredStart with CSPM: how posture checks read your cloud and report what fails.
- See what matters mostAttack path analysis shows which findings combine into real exposure.
- Fix it safelyAutomated remediation and policy as code cover changing the cloud without breaking it.
- Prove it was doneCompliance evidence covers showing an auditor the fix was authorized, tested and reversible.
Questions
What people ask us
Are these guides specific to ACSE?
The first half of each guide is vendor-neutral and applies whatever tools you use. The second half shows how ACSE approaches the topic.
Who are the guides for?
Security and platform engineers, risk owners and auditors who want a clear grounding in cloud posture work, or a shared vocabulary across teams.
Where can I see the product itself?
Start with the platform overview, or talk to us for a walk-through.
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What is CSPM?
Cloud security posture management checks cloud configuration against a baseline. Learn how CSPM works, what it covers and doesn’t, and where programs stall.
ReadLearnGlossary
Plain definitions of the terms used in cloud posture, remediation and compliance evidence, from attack path and blast radius to hash chain and seal.
ReadACSEPlatform
ACSE finds cloud misconfigurations, traces the paths that matter, fixes them as code with human approval and keeps signed evidence in your own account.
ReadTalk to us
See ACSE on your cloud.
Tell us what you run and what your auditors ask for. We’ll show you the loop end to end: a real finding, a fix as code, an approval with MFA and the sealed record.