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GCP – Google Cloud deepens its commitment to security and transparency with expanded CVE program
At Google Cloud, we recognize that helping customers and government agencies keep tabs on vulnerabilities plays a critical role in securing consumers, enterprises, and software vendors. We have seen the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE) system evolve into an essential part of building trust across the IT ecosystem. CVEs can help users of software and […]
GCP – Dataplex Automatic Discovery makes Cloud Storage data available for Analytics and governance
In today’s data- and AI-driven world, organizations are grappling with an ever-growing volume of structured and unstructured data. This growth makes it increasingly challenging to locate the right data at the right time, and a significant portion of enterprise data remains undiscovered or underutilized — what’s often referred to as “dark data.” In fact, a […]
AWS – Network connections is now discoverable with AWS Application Discovery Service Agentless Collector
Starting today, the AWS Application Discovery Service Agentless Collector supports the discovery of on-premises network connections, allowing you to understand your on-premises dependencies and plan your AWS migration. With the Agentless Collector, one virtual appliance deployed within your on-premises data center can discover and monitor the performance of VMware virtual machines, database metadata and utilization […]
GCP – Flare-On 11 Challenge Solutions
Written by: Nick Harbour The eleventh Flare-On challenge is now over! This year proved to be a tough challenge for the over 5,300 players, with only 275 completing all 10 stages. We had a blast making this contest and are happy to see it continue to be a world-wide phenomenon. Those that finished all stages […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
AWS Firewall Manager is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) region, enabling customers to create policies to manage their VPC Security Groups, VPC network access control lists (NACLs), and AWS WAF protections for applications running in this region. Support for other policy types will be available in the coming months. Firewall Manager is […]
AWS – Amazon SNS delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. You can now use Amazon SNS to deliver notifications to Amazon Data Firehose (Firehose) endpoints for archiving and analysis. Through Firehose delivery streams, you can deliver events to AWS destinations such as […]
AWS – Amazon SNS delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in six new regions
Amazon Simple Notification Services (Amazon SNS) now delivers to Amazon Data Firehose endpoints in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Middle East (UAE). You can now use Amazon SNS to deliver notifications to Amazon Data Firehose (Firehose) endpoints for archiving and analysis. Through Firehose delivery streams, you […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports Client Credentials OAuth for Snowflake through API/CLI
Today, Amazon QuickSight is announcing the general availability of Client Credentials flow based OAuth through API/CLI to connect to Snowflake data sources. This launch enables you to create Snowflake connections as part of your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) efforts with full support for AWS CloudFormation. This type of OAuth solution is used to obtain an […]
AWS – AWS IAM now supports PrivateLink in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Starting today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now supports AWS PrivateLink in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With IAM, you can specify who or what can access services and resources in AWS by creating and managing resources such as IAM roles and policies. You can now establish a private connection between your virtual private […]
AWS – AWS CodePipeline open source starter templates for simplified getting started experience
Today, AWS CodePipeline open-sourced its starter templates library, which allows you to view the CloudFormation templates that power the different pipeline scenarios available in CodePipeline. The starter template library is a valuable resource if you are new to CodePipeline. With the starter templates, you can see the resources being provisioned, understand how different pipeline stages […]