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AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.3.2 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.3.2 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.3.2 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Some of the key features include enhancements to fetch from the closest replica and metrics. Amazon MSK will continue to use and manage […]
AWS – Amazon Detective announces increased quota limits for data volumes
Amazon Detective has increased the daily quota limits for behavior graph data volumes. With the increased limits, Detective can now ingest up to 10 TB per day to help you conduct more comprehensive security investigations and provide broader summaries and visualizations of behaviors in your AWS accounts. Read More for the details.
AWS – Analyze log patterns, metrics and Jaeger traces with new observability features in Amazon OpenSearch Service
Today we launched new observability features including log patterns, metrics analytics and support for Jaeger traces with OpenSearch 2.5 in Amazon OpenSearch Service. Read More for the details.
GCP – Kubernetes k8s.gcr.io redirect: what you need to know as an Anthos or GKE user
In November 2022, the open source Kubernetes project announced that its new image registry, registry.k8s.gcr.io, was officially GA. The new registry would replace the legacy k8s.gcr.io registry, with k8s.gcr.io getting no further updates after April 3, 2023. To assist in this transition and ensure that users of earlier Kubernetes releases and tooling can update to […]
GCP – How AI can improve digital security
AI is having a transformative moment and causing profound shifts in what’s possible with technology. It has the power to unlock the potential of communities, companies, and countries around the world, bringing meaningful and positive change that could improve billions of peoples’ lives. Similarly, as these technologies advance, they have the potential to vastly improve […]
GCP – Gleaning security insights from audit logs with Log Analytics
Cloud Audit logs serve a vital purpose in Google Cloud by helping customers meet their compliance and security requirements. Log Analytics, a recent feature addition to Cloud Logging, brings new capabilities to search, aggregate and transform logs at query time using the power of SQL. Together with predefined queries in Community Security Analytics, Log Analytics […]
GCP – Anthos Service Mesh: Working with external services – Metrics and Traces
Recently I had to advise a customer on how to use Anthos Service Mesh (ASM) to manage communication and integration between services inside and outside a mesh. The goals they had were: Getting traces and metrics for the traffic from the mesh to external services Redeploying the legacy services in the cloud GKE cluster Progressively […]
GCP – Why (and how) Google Cloud is adding attack path simulation to Security Command Center
As cloud environments scale and evolve based on changing business priorities, security teams may struggle to understand where their biggest risks are and where to focus their security controls. Some cloud security products have begun to incorporate attack path analysis to address this prioritization problem. Attack path analysis is a technique of discovering possible pathways […]
GCP – How to Connect your Go Application to Cloud SQL
The Cloud SQL Go connector is the easiest way to securely connect your Go application to your Cloud SQL database. If you are writing a Go application, we recommend using the Cloud SQL Go connector. When to use the Cloud SQL Go connector Cloud SQL has two types of connectors: Language-specific connectors – Available for […]
GCP – How to transition your career into an in-demand cloud role with suggested job paths
I often get questions from people who are interested in pursuing a career in cloud computing. As the cloud continuously evolves, opportunities open across the major categories of infrastructure, networking, application development, security, operations, automation, data analysis and AI/ML. There is a lot to choose from! So how do you begin building a career in […]