When most CS students are building simple CRUD apps for their thesis, I decided to go a different route. I built SecurePath — an automated AWS cloud security project that monitors and remediates misconfigurations in real time. Here's what it does, how I built it, and what I learned. What Is SecurePath? SecurePath is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) system built entirely on AWS. It runs five independent Lambda-based security layers, each monitoring a different area of the cloud environment. The 5 Security Layers IAM Policy Enforcer — detects overly permissive IAM roles S3 Bucket Monitor — flags publicly accessible buckets Security Group Auditor — identifies dangerously open inbound rules CloudTrail Verifier — ensures audit logging is active Encryption Checker — verifies resources are encrypted at rest The Tech Stack AWS Lambda — each security layer runs as an independent function DynamoDB — stores all security findings CloudWatch — custom metrics and alerting Grafana — real-time security dashboard…