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The DeRF

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Last updated: 17 Jun, 2025
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Kat Traxler
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The DeRF, an open-source tool available on GitHub, consists of Terraform modules and a Cloud Run application written in Python. Within this package, a variety of built-in attack techniques are provided, focusing on targeting AWS and GCP. For a complete accounting of all built-in attack techniques, refer to the list in documentation. By Kat Traxler

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Kat Traxler
Kat Traxler

Kat Traxler

Kat Traxler is the Principal Security Researcher at Vectra AI focusing on threat detection in the public cloud. Prior to her current role, she worked in various stages in the SDLC performing web application penetration testing and security architecture design for Web, IAM, Payment Technologies and Cloud Native Technologies. She is the lead author of SEC549: Cloud Security Architecture.

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