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AWS – Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is now available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions
Today, we’re announcing that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is now available in all availability zones in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions. This expansion provides more options to leverage AWS scale and flexibility for running your VMware workloads in the cloud. Amazon EVS lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions now supports Service Quotas
Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS Service Quotas integration with AWS Step Functions, enabling customers to monitor and manage their Step Functions quotas directly from the Service Quotas console. AWS Service Quotas is a service that helps you view and manage your AWS service quotas from a central location.AWS Step Functions is a […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family adds support for additional IAM condition keys
AWS Transfer Family now supports four new service-specific condition keys for Identity and Access Management (IAM). With this feature, administrators can create more granular IAM policies and service control policies (SCPs) to restrict configurations for Transfer Family resources, enhancing security controls and compliance management. IAM condition keys allow you to author policies that enforce access […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway now supports VPC endpoint policies
AWS Storage Gateway now supports Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoint policies for your VPC endpoints. With this feature, administrators can attach endpoint policies to VPC endpoints, allowing granular access control over Storage Gateway direct APIs for improved data protection and security posture. AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises applications […]
AWS – AWS Outposts now supports external block volumes from Dell and HPE storage arrays
Starting today, customers can use boot and data volumes backed by Dell PowerStore and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 storage arrays with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances on AWS Outposts, including authenticated and encrypted volumes. This enhancement extends our existing support for boot and data volumes to include Dell and HPE storage arrays, […]
AWS – AWS Firewall Manager launches in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
AWS Firewall Manager announces that it is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. AWS Firewall Manager helps cloud security administrators and site reliability engineers protect applications while reducing the operational overhead of manually configuring and managing rules. Working with AWS Firewall Manager, customers can provide defense in depth policies to address the full […]
GCP – Cybercrime Observations from the Frontlines: UNC6040 Proactive Hardening Recommendations
Written by: Omar ElAhdan, Matthew McWhirt, Michael Rudden, Aswad Robinson, Bhavesh Dhake, Laith Al Background Protecting software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms and applications requires a comprehensive security strategy. Drawing from analysis of UNC6040’s specific attack methodologies, this guide presents a structured defensive framework encompassing proactive hardening measures, […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances
Today, AWS announces the launch of Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances, a new fully managed compute option designed to eliminate infrastructure management overhead while giving you access to the full capabilities of Amazon EC2. By offloading infrastructure operations to AWS, ECS Managed Instances helps you quickly launch and scale your workloads, while […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family now supports VPC endpoint policies and FIPS VPC endpoints
AWS Transfer Family now supports Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoint policies for your VPC endpoints. With this feature, administrators can attach an endpoint policy to an interface VPC endpoint, allowing granular access control over Transfer Family APIs for improved data protection and security posture. Additionally, Transfer Family now supports Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 enabled […]
AWS – AWS IAM Identity Center is available in Asia Pacific (Bangkok) and Mexico Central (Querétaro) AWS Regions
You can now deploy AWS IAM Identity Center in 36 AWS Regions, including Asia Pacific (Bangkok) and Mexico Central (Querétaro). IAM Identity Center is the recommended service for managing workforce access to AWS applications. It enables you to connect your existing source of workforce identities to AWS once and offer your users single sign on […]