It wasn't all too long ago that cloud computing seemed like something only bleeding edge tech companies took seriously. Cloud is now fairly ubiquitous in the current world of tech. The recent pandemic helped accelerate this trajectory, but it was undeniable that cloud would become a main player in enterprise IT. This cloud boom has … Continue reading Whose cloud is it anyway? Recap from Cloud Field Day 10
Last week I attended an interesting webinar with an engineer from the AWS Customer Incident Response team talk about the most common AWS Security Incident Root Causes. What was fascinating, to me anyway, is that the destructive power of these root causes can be minimized by following standard security best practices. Without further ado, are … Continue reading Common AWS Security Event Root Causes – Notes – Part #1
Overview If you’re building an AWS Organization, or getting ready to deploy a new organization using AWS Control Tower, be advised that there are very helpful AWS services that can be integrated into your organization. In this “Be sure to integrate…” series, we’ll look at 3 baseline services that should be enabled and integrated into … Continue reading Building an AWS Organization? Be sure to integrate….AWS IAM Access Analyzer
Overview If you’re building an AWS Organization, or getting ready to deploy a new organization using AWS Control Tower, be advised that there are very helpful AWS services that can be integrated into your organization. In this “Be sure to integrate…” series, we’ll look at 3 baseline services that should be enabled and integrated into … Continue reading Building an AWS Organization? Be sure to integrate….AWS GuardDuty
I'll be participating as a delegate for Cloud Field Day 10, which takes place virtually this week from March 10 - 12. This event involves a huge lineup of presenters and a first class group of delegates (how did I make it in here?) As always, you can find the full event info on the … Continue reading Join me for Cloud Field Day 10: March 10 – 12 #CFD10
Overview Recently I was working with Rubrik to perform some tests related to the backup and restore of AWS resources housed on an AWS Outpost. Everything was working great until we attempted to restore an RDS database onto the Outpost. The solution was pretty straightforward and easy but I had the benefit of working directly … Continue reading Trouble restoring AWS Outposts-based RDS Instances with Rubrik?
Overview If you're building an AWS Organization, or getting ready to deploy a new organization using AWS Control Tower, be advised that there are very helpful AWS services that can be integrated into your organization. In this "Be sure to integrate..." series, we'll look at 3 baseline services that should be enabled and integrated into … Continue reading Building an AWS Organization? Be sure to integrate….AWS Security Hub
This post isn't a necessarily a troubleshooting deep dive, but I just want to share some of the more common issues I've seen while working with AppStream. Image Preparation - application settings are not saved from the template to the test user. When creating an AppStream image, its standard procedure to use a Template user … Continue reading AppStream Troubleshooting QuickHits
Overview In this 3 part series, we’re looking at integrating Amazon AppStream and Okta using an Okta Developer account. In the first post, we created an Okta Developer account, Okta applications for our AppStream stacks, and saved our Okta Identity Provider metadata. In the second post, we setup up Identity Providers and an IAM role in … Continue reading Integrate Amazon AppStream and Okta: Accessing Okta Applications – Part 3 of 3
Overview In this 3 part series, we're looking at integrating Amazon AppStream and Okta using an Okta Developer account. In the first post, we created an Okta Developer account, Okta applications for our AppStream stacks, and saved our Okta Identity Provider metadata. In this post (#2 of the series), we'll be setting up Identity Providers … Continue reading Integrate Amazon AppStream and Okta: AWS IDPs and IAM Roles – Part 2 of 3
