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AWS – AWS IAM now supports FIDO2 for multi-factor authentication in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) announces the general availability of support for FIDO2 security keys in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. The FIDO2 specifications rely on public key cryptography, enabling cryptographically secure and phishing-resistant multi-factor (MFA) authentication. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue now can detect 250 sensitive entity types from over 50 countries
Sensitive data detection feature in AWS Glue can now detect over 250 sensitive entity types from 50 countries out-of-the-box. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Security Hub announces enhanced management capabilities with AWS CloudFormation
Today, AWS announces expanded AWS CloudFormation support for AWS Security Hub, which allows you to use CloudFormation to deploy Security Hub and manage its standards and controls. Using the updated AWS::SecurityHub::Hub resource, you can now enable Security Hub, decide if it should be provisioned with default standards (the AWS Foundational Security Best Practices and CIS […]
AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Redis achieves FedRAMP Moderate compliance
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is now in scope for FedRAMP Moderate in the US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), and US West (Oregon) Regions. You can now use MemoryDB to build applications for workloads that are subject to FedRAMP Moderate compliance. Read More for the details.
GCP – Trace exemplars now available in Managed Service for Prometheus
Cross-signals correlation — where metrics, logs, and traces work together in concert to provide a full view of your system’s health — is often cited as the “holy grail” of observability. However, given the fundamental differences in their data models, these signals usually live in separate, isolated backends. Pivoting between signal types can be laborious, […]
GCP – Google Cloud is officially a FinOps Certified Service Provider
In our commitment to help customers maximize their business value with Google Cloud, we are excited to announce that Google Cloud has been officially certified as a FinOps Certified Service Provider by the FinOps Foundation. This certification recognizes Google Cloud’s commitment to helping organizations manage their cloud costs effectively. We have done this successfully for […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces structured JSON log format
AWS Transfer Family now delivers logs in a structured JSON format across all resources – including servers, connectors, and workflows – and all protocols – including SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and AS2. The new format allows you to easily parse and query your logs using CloudWatch Log Insights, which automatically discovers JSON formatted fields. You’ll also […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions launches Versions and Aliases
AWS Step Functions announces the availability of Versions and Aliases, improving resiliency for deployments of serverless workflows. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 11,000+ API actions from over 250 AWS services to automate business processes and data processing workloads. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 R6i instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6i instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). Amazon EC2 R6i instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Ice Lake) with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz. They offer up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Grafana now supports OpenSearch Trace Analytics
Amazon Managed Grafana now supports Trace Analytics with the OpenSearch Grafana data source plugin, in addition to the existing support for Log Analytics. Amazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed service for Grafana, a popular open-source analytics platform that enables you to query, visualize, and alert on your metrics, logs, and traces. OpenSearch is an […]