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IAM Access Analyzer Update: Extending custom policy checks & guided revocation

We are making IAM Access Analyzer even more powerful, extending custom policy checks and adding easy access to guidance that will help you to fine-tune your IAM policies. Both of these new features build on the Custom Policy Checks and the Unused Access analysis that were launched at re:Invent 2023. Here’s what we are launching: […]

AWS adds passkey multi-factor authentication (MFA) for root and IAM users

Security is our top priority at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and today, we’re launching two capabilities to help you strengthen the security posture of your AWS accounts: MFA is one of the simplest and most effective ways to enhance account security, offering an additional layer of protection to help prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to […]

RedCloud Founder Justin Floyd Discusses Supply Chain Advancements

In today’s complex global market, efficient and transparent trade is essential. Justin Floyd, an award-winning entrepreneur with a 25-year track record of founding and investing in pioneering technology companies, offers insights and lessons learned from his extensive career. He has consistently focused on solving the world’s biggest economic and social challenges. Justin founded RedCloud to […]

Approaches to migrating your VMware workloads to AWS   

The VMware® acquisition by Broadcom has changed VMware’s product and partner strategies. In November 2023, Broadcom finalized its acquisition (link resides outside ibm.com) of VMware for USD 69 billion, with an aim to enhance its multicloud strategy. Further to the acquisition, Broadcom decided to discontinue (link resides outside ibm.com) its AWS authorization to resell VMware […]

5 SLA metrics you should be monitoring

In business and beyond, communication is king. Successful service level agreements (SLAs) operate on this principle, laying the foundation for successful provider-customer relationships. A service level agreement (SLA) is a key component of technology vendor contracts that describes the terms of service between a service provider and a customer. SLAs describe the level of performance […]

Mastering budget control in the age of AI: Leveraging on-premises and cloud XaaS for success 

As organizations strive to harness the power of AI while controlling costs, leveraging anything as a service (XaaS) models emerges as a strategic approach. In this blog, we’ll explore how businesses can use both on-premises and cloud XaaS to control budgets in the age of AI, driving financial sustainability without compromising on technological advancement.  Embracing […]

Snowflake’s customer breaches make 2024 the year of the identity siege

Identities are best-sellers on the dark web, proving to be the fuel that drives billions of dollars of fraud every year. Breaches on Santander, TicketMaster, Snowflake, and most recently, Advanced Auto Parts, LendingTree, and its subsidiary QuoteWizard show how quickly attackers refine their tradecraft to prey on organizations’ security weaknesses. TechCrunch has verified that hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to […]

Simplify risk and compliance assessments with the new common control library in AWS Audit Manager

With AWS Audit Manager, you can map your compliance requirements to AWS usage data and continually audit your AWS usage as part of your risk and compliance assessment. Today, Audit Manager introduces a common control library that provides common controls with predefined and pre-mapped AWS data sources. The common control library is based on extensive […]