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Teleport Academy is your resource for understanding modern infrastructure security. Browse tutorials, how-to guides, and explainers covering topics from SSH and Kubernetes access to zero trust, compliance, and AI infrastructure.
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
IaC revolutionizes infrastructure management by automating provisioning and deployments through code. It increases speed and reliability while enhancing collaboration and reducing costs, using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
Just-in-Time Access for Amazon EKS
A practical guide showing how you can implement just-in-time access for EKS using Teleport.
Managing Amazon EKS Clusters with kubectl
Master kubectl for Amazon EKS in this concise guide. Learn key commands to deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS Kubernetes clusters. Ideal for IT pros and developers seeking to streamline their EKS workflows
Mastering SSH Keygen
This article provides a comprehensive guide to using the ssh-keygen command for generating and managing SSH keys. It covers key types, passphrases, using ssh-agent, best practices, and future trends in secure access.
MCP Client
Model Context Protocol (MCP) clients bridge AI applications and enterprise systems by sending structured requests to MCP servers, enabling data retrieval, tool invocation, and other actions.
MCP Wrapping
Model Context Protocol (MCP) wrapping enables AI systems to interact with data and services through a standardized interface without rebuilding or replacing original systems.
Non-Human Identities
Non-human identities (NHIs) are the digital identities used by software rather than people: service accounts, API keys and tokens, CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) credentials, workloads and containers, and the new class of autonomous AI agents. Every one of them authenticates to systems, holds permissions, and can be attacked. On most modern networks they outnumber human identities by a wide margin, and most go untracked. This guide explains what counts as a non-human identity, why the category is growing so fast, where the real risks are, how AI agents fit in, and how to bring machines, workloads, and agents under one secure identity model.
OS Default Logging with Windows
No matter the size of your company or the size of your engineering team, it is always important to maintain visibility into what’s happening in your infrastructure. As your company grows, however, and you start to need to meet compliance standards like the SOC2 and FedRAMP frameworks, keeping detailed, specific audit logs becomes a must-have.
PostgreSQL LDAP Authentication: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide provides a detailed walkthrough of setting up LDAP authentication for PostgreSQL, explaining how to enhance database security and simplify user access management. It also covers benefits like centralized control and answers frequently asked questions about the process.
PostgreSQL Password Authentication: A Complete Guide
This guide explains how PostgreSQL password authentication safeguards your data. You'll learn how to configure authentication methods in pg_hba.conf, set strong passwords, and follow essential security best practices to protect your database from unauthorized access.
PostgreSQL SSL Authentication: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough of setting up SSL authentication for your PostgreSQL database. It covers generating SSL certificates, configuring your server, and enforcing secure connections, ensuring your data remains protected.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
This article defines privileged access management (PAM) and explains its importance in cybersecurity practices. Learn how PAM works step-by-step, best practices for implementation, common challenges, practical applications for compliance and AI, and future trends.
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) vs. Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Two key concepts often come into play when discussing privileged access security: Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM). While both PIM and PAM aim to mitigate the risks associated with privileged access, they focus on different aspects of the privileged access lifecycle and offer distinct benefits.
Public Key Infrastructure
What is public key infrastructure? A clear guide to how PKI works, its components, digital certificates, the chain of trust, and where PKI is used. Read on.
RBAC for Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine (GCP GKE)
Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine (GCP GKE).
Risk-Adaptive Access Control (RADAC): A Deep Dive
Risk-adaptive access control (RADAC) is a modern security approach that tailors authorization based on real-time risk evaluation and contextual factors, going beyond traditional static models. This article explores the benefits, key components, real-world applications, and future trends of RADAC.