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AWS – Amazon Route 53 launches capacity utilization metric for Resolver endpoints
Starting today, you can enable Amazon CloudWatch metric (ResolverEndpointCapacityStatus) to monitor the status of the query capacity for Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) associated with your Route 53 Resolver endpoint in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The new metric enables you to quickly view whether the Resolver endpoint is at the risk of meeting the service […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in the Middle East (UAE) Region. C7i instances are supported by custom Intel processors, available only on AWS, and offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of Amazon EC2 I7ie instances in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. Designed for large storage I/O intensive workloads, these new instances are powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz, offering up to […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager provides support for AWS WAF L7 DDOS managed rules
AWS Firewall Manager announces security policy support for enhanced application layer (L7) DDoS protection within AWS WAF. The application layer (L7) DDoS protection is an AWS Managed Rule group that automatically detects and mitigates DDoS events of any applications on Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer (ALB) and other AWS services supported by WAF. AWS Firewall […]
GCP – Cloud WAN under the hood: A closer look at its differentiated networking capabilities
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are choosing to build their networks alongside various networking and network security vendors on Google Cloud – and it’s not hard to see why. Google cloud has not only partnered with the best of breed service vendors – it has built an ecosystem that allows its customers to plug […]
GCP – Just say no: Build defense in depth with IAM Deny and Org Policies
In today’s cloud landscape, safeguarding your cloud environment requires bolstering your Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach with more than allow policies and the principle of least privilege. To bolster your defenses, we offer a powerful tool: IAM Deny Policies. Relying only on IAM Allow policies leaves room for potential over-permissioning, and can make it […]
GCP – Announcing AI service expansion and CJIS 6.0 readiness for public safety
Google Public Sector is continually engaging with customers, partners, and policymakers to deliver technology capabilities that reflect their needs. When it comes to solutions for public safety and law enforcement, we are deeply committed to providing secure and compliance-focused environments. We’re pleased to announce significant updates, which further strengthen our ability to enable compliance with […]
AWS – AWS WAF announces general availability of Resource-level DDoS protection for Application Load Balancers (ALB)
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced general availability of a new resource-level distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation capability for Application Load Balancers (ALB). This new WAF DDoS protection is directly integrated with ALB as an on-host agent to detect and mitigates DDoS attacks from known malicious sources within seconds while maintaining service quality for […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk is now available in Middle East (UAE) region
We are excited to announce the general availability of AWS Elastic Beanstalk in the Middle East (UAE) region. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that simplifies application deployment and management on AWS. The service automatically handles deployment, capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring, allowing developers to focus on writing code. For a […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito introduces AWS WAF support for Managed Login
Amazon Cognito introduces AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) support in Cognito Managed Login. This new capability allows customers to protect their Managed Login endpoints configured in Cognito user pools from unwanted or malicious requests and web-based attacks. Managed Login, a fully-managed, hosted sign-in and sign-up experience that customers can personalize to align with their […]