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Tarek CHEIKH

🚀 AWS Community Builder | 20+ years in AWS security & cloud architecture. 🏢 Founder @ TocConsulting Paris. 🎤 AWS Summit Speaker. ☁️ 3x AWS Certified. 💻 github.com/TarekCheikh. github.com/localemu

Location Paris, FRANCE Joined Joined on  Personal website https://tocconsulting.fr/

Education

Ecole Central Paris (FRANCE)

Work

Founder of Toc Consulting (https://tocconsulting.fr/)

Pentesting With Credentials
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Pentesting With Credentials

#security #aws #agents #agenticai
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12 min read
Your First Penetration Test
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Your First Penetration Test

#security #cybersecurity #aws #agenticai
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11 min read
Custom Security Requirements
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Custom Security Requirements

#agents #aws #security #cybersecurity
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12 min read
Code Reviews and GitHub
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Code Reviews and GitHub

#cybersecurity #agenticai #security #agents
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16 min read
Design Reviews
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Design Reviews

#agents #aws #security #informationsecurity
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12 min read
Setting Up From Scratch
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Setting Up From Scratch

#agenticai #security #informationsecurity #agents
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13 min read
The Web Application Security Survival Kit
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The Web Application Security Survival Kit

#agenticai #security #agents #informationsecurity
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20 min read
What Is AWS Security Agent
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What Is AWS Security Agent

#agenticai #informationsecurity #agents #aws
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10 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Running a Program with GameDays and Continuous Chaos
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Running a Program with GameDays and Continuous Chaos

#resilience #chaosengineering #infrastructureascode #aws
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7 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Multi-Region Disaster Recovery and Measuring Real RPO
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Multi-Region Disaster Recovery and Measuring Real RPO

#infrastructureascode #chaosengineering #devops #resilience
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7 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Containers and Serverless with FIS (ECS Fargate and Lambda)
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Containers and Serverless with FIS (ECS Fargate and Lambda)

#resilience #chaosengineering #aws #infrastructureascode
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6 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Dependency and API Faults with FIS
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Dependency and API Faults with FIS

#devops #resilience #aws #infrastructureascode
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5 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Surviving an Availability Zone Failure with FIS and Static Stability
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Surviving an Availability Zone Failure with FIS and Static Stability

#aws #devops #infrastructureascode #chaosengineering
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7 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: CPU, Memory, and Network Faults with AWS FIS and SSM
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: CPU, Memory, and Network Faults with AWS FIS and SSM

#devops #infrastructureascode #aws #chaosengineering
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6 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Graceful Degradation with Circuit Breakers, SQS, and a DynamoDB Cache
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Graceful Degradation with Circuit Breakers, SQS, and a DynamoDB Cache

#aws #infrastructureascode #chaosengineering #resilience
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11 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Database Resilience with Aurora Failover, RDS Proxy, and Read/Write…
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Database Resilience with Aurora Failover, RDS Proxy, and Read/Write…

#devops #aws #chaosengineering #resilience
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16 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Observability and Stop Conditions with CloudWatch and FIS
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Observability and Stop Conditions with CloudWatch and FIS

#resilience #chaosengineering #devops #aws
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18 min read
Chaos Engineering on AWS: Your First Experiment with AWS FIS
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Chaos Engineering on AWS: Your First Experiment with AWS FIS

#resilience #aws #serverless #chaosengineering
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21 min read
Run AI Locally for AWS Security Work: The Complete Ollama Guide
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Run AI Locally for AWS Security Work: The Complete Ollama Guide

#llm #awssecurity #cybersecurity #aws
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9 min read
The Code Is Still Yours: Application-Layer Security for AWS Lambda
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The Code Is Still Yours: Application-Layer Security for AWS Lambda

#cloudsecurity #aws #awslambda #cybersecurity
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14 min read
From Findings to Fixed: Lambda Compliance Mapping and Remediation
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From Findings to Fixed: Lambda Compliance Mapping and Remediation

#cybersecurity #cloudsecurity #awslambda #aws
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8 min read
Inside lambda-security-scanner: 19 Checks Across Every Function in Your Account
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Inside lambda-security-scanner: 19 Checks Across Every Function in Your Account

#awslambda #informationsecurity #cloudsecurity #aws
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9 min read
Serverless Doesn’t Mean Secure: The State of AWS Lambda Security in 2026
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Serverless Doesn’t Mean Secure: The State of AWS Lambda Security in 2026

#aws #cybersecurity #security #awslambda
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7 min read
Fixing EC2 Security Issues: A Practical Remediation Guide
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Fixing EC2 Security Issues: A Practical Remediation Guide

#awsec2 #cloudsecurity #security #cybersecurity
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8 min read
Building an EC2 Security Scanner: 46 Checks, 137 Controls, Zero Excuses
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Building an EC2 Security Scanner: 46 Checks, 137 Controls, Zero Excuses

#security #aws #cybersecurity #awsec2
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9 min read
Your EC2 Instances Are Probably Exposed Right Now
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Your EC2 Instances Are Probably Exposed Right Now

#security #cybersecurity #aws #awsec2
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5 min read
Build a Free AWS Security Lab on Your Laptop with LocalEmu
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Build a Free AWS Security Lab on Your Laptop with LocalEmu

#aws #awslambda #devops #awsec2
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8 min read
Run real AWS Lambda on your laptop
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Run real AWS Lambda on your laptop

#softwaredevelopment #aws #serverless #awslambda
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4 min read
Meet LocalEmu, the free successor to LocalStack
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Meet LocalEmu, the free successor to LocalStack

#emulator #devops #aws #serverless
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4 min read
We Detonated the Real LiteLLM Malware on EC2: Here’s What Happened
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We Detonated the Real LiteLLM Malware on EC2: Here’s What Happened

#cloudsecurity #cybersecurity #security #cloudcomputing
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10 min read
Anatomy of a Supply Chain Attack: How LiteLLM Was Weaponized in 6 Hours
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Anatomy of a Supply Chain Attack: How LiteLLM Was Weaponized in 6 Hours

#malwareanalysis #aws #cybersecurity #cloudcomputing
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8 min read
AWS Security Cards: Free Offensive Security Reference for 60 AWS Services
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AWS Security Cards: Free Offensive Security Reference for 60 AWS Services

#cloudsecurity #offensivesecurity #aws #awssecurity
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2 min read
AWS Security Cards: 54 Services, One Card Each
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AWS Security Cards: 54 Services, One Card Each

#aws #awssecurity #security #cloudsecurity
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2 min read
The State of AWS Security 2026: Free Whitepaper, No Gate
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The State of AWS Security 2026: Free Whitepaper, No Gate

#agenticai #cloudsecurity #informationsecurity #books
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2 min read
I Just Became an AWS Community Builder … And I Owe It to You
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I Just Became an AWS Community Builder … And I Owe It to You

#gratitude #aws #opensource #cloudcomputing
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awsmap v1.5.0: Your AWS Inventory Now Has a Brain
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awsmap v1.5.0: Your AWS Inventory Now Has a Brain

#aws #cloudsecurity #security #devops
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6 min read
awsmap — Find Everything Running in Your AWS Account
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awsmap — Find Everything Running in Your AWS Account

#cloud #devops #security #developertools
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5 min read
Episode 5: Load Balancer Security Auditor — SSL, Protocols, and Public Exposure
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Episode 5: Load Balancer Security Auditor — SSL, Protocols, and Public Exposure

#security #devsecops #aws #cloudsecurity
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7 min read
Cryptex — Because openssl rand -base64 32 Gets Old Fast
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Cryptex — Because openssl rand -base64 32 Gets Old Fast

#opensource #python #aws #devops
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4 min read
The Hidden Backbone of the Internet: Why S3 Security Should Keep You Up at Night
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The Hidden Backbone of the Internet: Why S3 Security Should Keep You Up at Night

#security #awss3 #aws #infosec
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13 min read
The Anatomy of S3 Security: 22 Checks That Stand Between You and a Data Breach
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The Anatomy of S3 Security: 22 Checks That Stand Between You and a Data Breach

#informationsecurity #security #aws #awss3
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10 min read
Building an S3 Security Scanner: From Frustration to Open Source
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Building an S3 Security Scanner: From Frustration to Open Source

#security #data #aws #awss3
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8 min read
Fixing S3 Security Issues: A Practical Remediation Guide
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Fixing S3 Security Issues: A Practical Remediation Guide

#awss3 #security #data #informationsecurity
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9 min read
I Built a Free AWS IAM Activity Tracker Because CloudTrail Alone Isn’t Enough
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I Built a Free AWS IAM Activity Tracker Because CloudTrail Alone Isn’t Enough

#awsiam #aws #informationsecurity #security
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6 min read
Episode 2: The MFA Enforcement Scanner — Automating Your Security Blind Spot
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Episode 2: The MFA Enforcement Scanner — Automating Your Security Blind Spot

#aws #compliance #security #cloudsecurity
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8 min read
Episode 3: Public RDS Detective — Finding Your Exposed Databases Before Attackers Do
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Episode 3: Public RDS Detective — Finding Your Exposed Databases Before Attackers Do

#dataprotection #cloudsecurity #database #awslambda
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9 min read
Episode 4: S3 Exposure Hunter — Preventing the Data Breaches That Make Headlines
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Episode 4: S3 Exposure Hunter — Preventing the Data Breaches That Make Headlines

#awslambda #aws #cloudsecurity #awss3
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Episode 1: Hunting Deprecated Lambda Runtimes — Before They Become Problems
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Episode 1: Hunting Deprecated Lambda Runtimes — Before They Become Problems

#security #devops #awslambda #cloudsecurity
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6 min read
AWS Security & Cost Optimization Arsenal: From CLI to Lambda Automation
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AWS Security & Cost Optimization Arsenal: From CLI to Lambda Automation

#aws #cloudsecurity #security #awscostoptimization
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3 min read
How Netflix Serves 300+ Million Users Without Owning a Single Server
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How Netflix Serves 300+ Million Users Without Owning a Single Server

#aws #microservices #cloudmigration #cloudcomputing
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14 min read
Mastering AWS SAM for Python Lambda: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide
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Mastering AWS SAM for Python Lambda: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide

#python #serverless #awslambda #aws
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19 min read
Building a Production-Ready Serverless File Sharing Platform on AWS
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Building a Production-Ready Serverless File Sharing Platform on AWS

#serverless #awslambda #python #cybersecurity
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4 min read
The $10 Billion Mistake That Revolutionized Computing Forever (And Why Your USB Drive Is Now a Museum Piece)
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The $10 Billion Mistake That Revolutionized Computing Forever (And Why Your USB Drive Is Now a Museum Piece)

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4 min read
Stop Reinventing Authentication: How I Built a Production-Ready Auth API That Scales to 50K Users for Free
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Stop Reinventing Authentication: How I Built a Production-Ready Auth API That Scales to 50K Users for Free

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