Learn from Capital One

The Capital One Cloud Breach:
Could Your Team Have Stopped It?

In 2019, a misconfigured AWS IAM role led to the exposure of personal data for ~100 million Capital One customers. Incident Drill provides realistic simulations so your team can practice identifying and mitigating similar vulnerabilities before they become real-world disasters.

Capital One | 2019 | Security Breach
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The High Cost of Misconfiguration

Cloud environments offer immense power, but also immense risk. A single misconfigured IAM role, a missed security update, or a forgotten access key can open the floodgates to devastating breaches. Are your engineers prepared to handle these critical security incidents effectively?

PREPARE YOUR TEAM

Incident Drill: Practice Makes Perfect

Incident Drill allows your engineering teams to practice responding to realistic incident simulations based on real-world events like the Capital One Cloud Breach. Develop your team's skills in incident detection, root cause analysis, and coordinated response, all within a safe and controlled environment.

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Realistic Simulations

Experience incident scenarios based on real-world events.

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Root Cause Analysis

Develop your team's ability to identify the underlying causes of incidents.

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Collaborative Response

Practice coordinating incident response across multiple teams.

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Performance Metrics

Track your team's performance and identify areas for improvement.

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Post-Incident Review

Conduct thorough post-incident analysis to learn from each simulation.

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Cloud-Native Environment

Simulate incidents in a realistic cloud environment.

WHY TEAMS PRACTICE THIS

Boost Your Team's Security Posture

  • ✓ Reduce the risk of costly security breaches
  • ✓ Improve incident response times
  • ✓ Strengthen team collaboration and communication
  • ✓ Enhance your team's cloud security expertise
  • ✓ Identify and address vulnerabilities proactively
  • ✓ Increase overall confidence in your team's ability to handle incidents
2019-03
Vulnerability Introduced: Misconfigured AWS IAM Role
CRITICAL
2019-07
Breach Detected: Hacker accesses S3 bucket via exposed credentials
BREACH
2019-07
Data Exfiltration: Personal data of ~100 million customers compromised
DATA LOSS
2019-07
Incident Response: Capital One begins investigation and remediation
CONTAINMENT

How It Works

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Step 1: Detect

Identify the initial signs of a potential cloud breach.

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Step 2: Investigate

Analyze logs, network traffic, and system behavior to understand the scope of the incident.

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Step 3: Contain

Isolate affected systems and prevent further data exfiltration.

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Step 4: Remediate

Fix misconfigurations, patch vulnerabilities, and restore systems to a secure state.

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