Ian Cooper

Ian Cooper

Detection Engineer at Expel

Blog Archive

5 pro tips for detecting in AWS

Practical detection engineering advice for AWS environments — from CloudTrail tuning to the queries that surface real attacker behavior.

Fog in the sky: logging & visibility issues in the cloud

Cloud environments present unique logging challenges that leave security teams flying blind. A look at the gaps attackers exploit and how to close them.

How to navigate five common security challenges in a multi-cloud environment

Multi-cloud environments introduce visibility gaps, inconsistent controls, and complex identity sprawl. Here's how to tackle the five most common security challenges.

Cutting Through the Noise: RIOT Enrichment Drives SOC Clarity

How RIOT enrichment helps SOC analysts distinguish signal from noise, reducing alert fatigue and improving investigation quality.

How Expel goes detection sprinting in Google Cloud

A behind-the-scenes look at Expel's detection sprint methodology for Google Cloud — how we systematically build, test, and ship new detections at speed.

Incident report: stolen AWS access keys

A post-mortem on how attackers used stolen AWS access keys, what they did once inside, and how to detect and respond to this class of incident.