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AWS – AWS Audit Manager now allows use of custom rules from AWS Config
AWS Audit Manager now allows use of custom rules from AWS Config to define custom controls in Audit Manager. Audit Manager users could already import pre-built, managed rules. Now, they are also able to leverage existing Custom Config rules and report these compliance checks directly. In order to do so, they must enable their AWS […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: April 2022
This month marks one year of our Cloud CISO Perspectives Series! Over the past year, we’ve discussed many milestones and challenges across our industry. I’m most proud of the work our collective security teams at Google Cloud are doing everyday to help improve security for our customers and society at large through the cloud. Below, […]
GCP – Introducing “Visualizing Google Cloud: 101 Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers and Architects”
Many people are visual learners; I am definitely one of them, and judging by the tremendous response you all showed to Google Cloud Sketchnotes on LinkedIn and Twitter, you are too. A picture is worth a thousand words Shortly after I started creating and sharing visual explanations of Google Cloud concepts in late 2020, I […]
GCP – Meet the people of Google Cloud: Priyanka Vergadia, bringing Google Cloud to life in illustrations
Editor’s note: Cloud computing helps people do all sorts of new things—including, for Priyanka Vergadia, becoming a best-selling author. Her book, “Visualizing Google Cloud: 101 Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers and Architects,” is based on her tremendously popular series of blog posts and videos and sold out its first printing within a month of its […]
GCP – How we’re keeping up with the increasing demand for the Google Workspace Administrator role
We’ve rebranded the Professional Collaboration Engineer Certification to the Professional Google Workspace Administrator Certification and updated the learning path. To mark the moment, we sat down with Erik Geerdink from SADA to talk about how the Google Workspace Administrator role and demand for this skill set has changed over the years. Erik is a Deployment Engineer and […]
Azure – Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data. Read More for the details.
AWS – Clone AWS Launch Wizard inputs to simplify future SAP deployments
AWS Launch Wizard now allows you to clone the inputs when you deploy an SAP system for use in future deployments. In most cases, the majority of these parameters will remain the same across deployments. Today’s launch eliminates the need to re-enter every parameter manually for subsequent deployments, allowing you to save time and reduce […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall now supports AWS Managed Threat Signatures
AWS Network Firewall now supports AWS Managed Threat Signatures to detect threats and block attacks against known vulnerabilities so you can stay up to date on the latest security threats without writing and maintaining your own rules. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Rekognition introduces Streaming Video Events to provide real-time alerts on live video streams
Today, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events, a fully managed service for camera manufacturers and service providers that uses machine learning (ML) to detect objects such as people, pets, and packages in live video streams from connected cameras. Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events sends them a notification as soon as the […]
AWS – AWS Service Catalog support for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is now available
AWS Service Catalog constructs for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) are now available. Service Catalog administrators can now define their catalog in code within a CDK application that deploys through AWS CloudFormation. They can also define a Service Catalog product entirely in code in CDK without having to upload and reference CloudFormation templates in […]