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AWS – AWS Firewall Manager launches in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
AWS Firewall Manager announces that it is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. AWS Firewall Manager helps cloud security administrators and site reliability engineers protect applications while reducing the operational overhead of manually configuring and managing rules. Working with AWS Firewall Manager, customers can provide defense in depth policies to address the full […]
GCP – Cybercrime Observations from the Frontlines: UNC6040 Proactive Hardening Recommendations
Written by: Omar ElAhdan, Matthew McWhirt, Michael Rudden, Aswad Robinson, Bhavesh Dhake, Laith Al Background Protecting software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms and applications requires a comprehensive security strategy. Drawing from analysis of UNC6040’s specific attack methodologies, this guide presents a structured defensive framework encompassing proactive hardening measures, […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances
Today, AWS announces the launch of Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances, a new fully managed compute option designed to eliminate infrastructure management overhead while giving you access to the full capabilities of Amazon EC2. By offloading infrastructure operations to AWS, ECS Managed Instances helps you quickly launch and scale your workloads, while […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family now supports VPC endpoint policies and FIPS VPC endpoints
AWS Transfer Family now supports Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoint policies for your VPC endpoints. With this feature, administrators can attach an endpoint policy to an interface VPC endpoint, allowing granular access control over Transfer Family APIs for improved data protection and security posture. Additionally, Transfer Family now supports Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 enabled […]
AWS – AWS IAM Identity Center is available in Asia Pacific (Bangkok) and Mexico Central (Querétaro) AWS Regions
You can now deploy AWS IAM Identity Center in 36 AWS Regions, including Asia Pacific (Bangkok) and Mexico Central (Querétaro). IAM Identity Center is the recommended service for managing workforce access to AWS applications. It enables you to connect your existing source of workforce identities to AWS once and offer your users single sign on […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), enabling dual-stack configuration (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity for your Auto Scaling groups. IPv6 enables an expanded address space, enabling you to scale your application on AWS beyond the typical constraints of the number of IPv4 addresses in your VPC. With IPv6, you can […]
GCP – Announcing Claude Sonnet 4.5 on Vertex AI
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Claude Sonnet 4.5, Anthropic’s most intelligent model and its best-performing model for complex agents, coding, and computer use, on Vertex AI. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is built to work independently for hours, maintaining clarity while orchestrating tools and coordinating multiple agents to solve complex problems. It’s designed to excel […]
AWS – Amazon ECS announces IPv6-only support
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports running tasks in IPv6-only subnets. With this launch, Amazon ECS tasks and services can run using only IPv6 addresses, without requiring IPv4. This enables customers to deploy containerized applications in IPv6-only environments, scale without being limited by IPv4 address availability, and meet IPv6 compliance requirements through native IPv6 […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling expands AWS PrivateLink support to FIPS endpoints
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) supports Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 validated VPC endpoints. With this launch, you can use AWS PrivateLink with ASG for regulated workloads that require secure connections using FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules. FIPS-compliant endpoints help organizations contracting with the U.S. federal government meet FIPS security requirements for […]
GCP – Unlock next-gen VMs using GKE compute classes and Compute Flexible CUDs
Organizations are consistently looking to gain an edge with the latest advancements in cloud computing. New Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Gen4 machine series including N4, C4, C4A, C4D, to name a few, offer significant improvements in performance, cost-efficiency, and capabilities. However, migrating to new hardware isn’t always straightforward. Teams often face […]