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AWS – AWS Lambda now supports inbound IPv6 connectivity over AWS PrivateLink
AWS Lambda now supports IPv6-only and dual-stack PrivateLink interface VPC Endpoints, enabling you to access the Lambda API without traversing the public internet or being constrained by the limited number of IPv4 addresses in your VPC. AWS PrivateLink is a highly available, scalable service that allows you to privately connect your VPC to services and […]

AWS – AWS Application Migration Service authorized for DoD Impact Level 4 and 5
AWS Application Migration Service is now authorized for Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide Impact Levels 4 and 5 (DoD CC SRG IL4 and IL5) in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. This authorization builds on AWS Application Migration Service’s existing FedRAMP High categorization level in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) […]

GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: 27 security announcements at Next ‘25
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2025. Today, Google Cloud Security’s Peter Bailey reviews our top 27 security announcements from Next ‘25. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this on the website and you’d like to receive […]

AWS – GitLab Duo with Amazon Q is now generally available
GitLab Duo with Amazon Q is generally available for Self-Managed Ultimate customers, embedding advanced agent capabilities for software development, Java modernization, enhanced quality assurance, and code review optimization directly in GitLab’s enterprise DevSecOps platform. GitLab Duo with Amazon Q delivers a seamless development experience that accelerates the execution of complex, multistep tasks and collaborative workflows […]

AWS – Amazon S3 Tables now support server-side encryption using AWS KMS with customer-managed keys
Amazon S3 Tables now support server-side encryption using AWS Key Management Service (SSE-KMS) with customer-managed keys. You can use your own KMS keys to encrypt the tables stored in table buckets to meet regulatory and governance requirements. By default, S3 Tables encrypt all objects with server-side encryption using S3-managed keys (SSE-S3). With support for customer-managed […]

AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports Elastic Throughput for dynamic run storage
Today, we are excited to announce throughput improvements to dynamic run storage for AWS HealthOmics. AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible service that helps healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate scientific breakthroughs with fully managed biological data stores and workflows. Dynamic run storage automatically scales storage capacity based on workflow needs. With this release, dynamic run […]

AWS – Announcing new AWS Wavelength Zone in Dakar
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Wavelength in partnership with Sonatel, an affiliate of Orange, in Dakar, Senegal. With this first Wavelength Zone in Sub-Saharan Africa, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), enterprises, and developers can now use AWS infrastructure and services to support applications with data residency, low latency, and resiliency requirements. AWS […]

AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces Anycast Static IPs support for apex domains
Amazon CloudFront announces Anycast Static IPs support for apex domains, enabling customers to easily use their root domain (e.g., example.com) with CloudFront. This new feature simplifies DNS management by providing just 3 static IP addresses instead of the previous 21, making it easier to configure and manage apex domains with CloudFront distributions. Previously, customers had […]

AWS – Amazon Athena is now available in Mexico (Central) and Asia Pacific (Thailand)
We are excited to announce that Amazon Athena is now available in Mexico (Central) and Asia Pacific (Thailand). Athena is a serverless, interactive query service that makes it simple to analyze petabytes of data using SQL, without requiring infrastructure setup or management. Athena is built on open-source Trino and Presto query engines, providing powerful and […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family is now available in AWS Mexico (Central) Region
Customers in AWS Mexico (Central) Region can now use AWS Transfer Family for file transfers over Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), FTP over SSL (FTPS) and Applicability Statement 2 (AS2). AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed file transfers for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon […]