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Cloud triage

Cloud's process-lineage analogue is:

IDENTITY + API CALL + RESOURCE + SOURCE + SEQUENCE
Question Establish
Who User, role, service principal, managed identity, access key
What API/action and result
Where Source IP, region, account/subscription
Target Resource and data
Authentication MFA, temporary credentials, assumed role, token
Sequence Actions immediately before and after

Priority order

  1. Identity and authentication
  2. API/activity logs
  3. Privilege/IAM changes
  4. Resource/configuration changes
  5. Network/security controls
  6. Data access
  7. Persistence
  8. Exfiltration indicators
  9. Scope across accounts, subscriptions, and resources

Pivot next: credential issuance, role assumption, related identities, control-plane history, data-plane events, network flow, and defensive-control changes.