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TLS Connection Cryptographic Protocol Vulnerabilities

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TLS Connection Cryptographic Protocol Vulnerabilities

Why Your TLS Connection May Not be as Secure as You Think The Transport Layer Security (TLS) cryptographic protocol is the backbone of encryption on the Internet. It prevents eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery between two communicating network endpoints. TLS secures many types of Internet communication, including web browsing, email, instant messaging, and voice over IP (VoIP). However, a misconfiguration in TLS can open the doors to multiple vulnerabilities. This blog post explores the risks…

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When and How to Use AWS Graviton

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When and How to Use AWS Graviton

Announced in 2018, AWS Graviton is a line of processors specifically developed for cloud applications that run at scale. Currently the largest hyper-scaler in the world, AWS continues to develop and launch new services for its customers. This includes introducing EC2-A1 instance-supporting processors for client workloads that use Azure DevOps Services (ARM) instructions. This led AWS to release Graviton2, giving customers as sizable increase in performance at a better price—40% lower than comparable x86-based instances….

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Common Cloud-Native Security Misconfigurations & Solutions

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Common Cloud-Native Security Misconfigurations & Solutions

Cloud configuration errors are a significant concern for stakeholders invested in modern DevOps processes, thanks to the quantity of cloud-native software used in production environments these days (think of microservices, as well as serverless and containerized workloads such as Kubernetes). Misconfigured cloud environments can result in everything from poor performance, to system downtime, to data breaches. Cloud-native architectures mean the introduction of new attack surfaces. Complex architectures with various network stack components can be involved…

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Top 5 Cloud Security Innovations Presented at AWS re:Inforce 2022

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Top 5 Cloud Security Innovations Presented at AWS re:Inforce 2022

A CNAPP can have many benefits if employed in your cloud environment, including: Increased perspective and better context of your cloud environment enables you to hunt, detect, investigate, and respond faster to threats. Consolidated security information allows you to see risks from across your cloud infrastructure and applications in a single compliance-aligned dashboard, leading to improved security posture. Allowing developers to focus on what they do best: developing. By baking security directly into each stage…

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Unlocking Serverless with AWS Lambda and IAM

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Unlocking Serverless with AWS Lambda and IAM

As I mentioned earlier we find the code for our two Lambda functions create-user and get-user under their respective folders. import jsonimport boto3import os client = boto3.client(‘dynamodb’) table_name = os.getenv(“TABLE_NAME”) def handler(event, _):   body = json.loads(event[‘body’])    data = client.put_item(     TableName=table_name,     Item={        ‘id’: {          ‘S’: body[‘id’]        },        ‘name’: {          ‘S’: body[‘name’]        }   })response…

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Well-Architected Framework: Sustainability

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Well-Architected Framework: Sustainability

Designing and implementing your business workloads in a public cloud platform such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can be a challenge. Though the marketing pitch makes it sound as if it is straightforward to deploy and migrate workloads to the cloud, it nonetheless requires a thorough understanding of several factors. This includes how that cloud environment is configured, the platform’s architecture, what services are available, and how you,…

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Top 5 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security Challenges

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Top 5 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security Challenges

Infrastructure as code (IaC), an essential component of contemporary software, enables developers to spin up software infrastructure while offering systems the ability to grow in a flexible and on-demand manner. Tools that make these configurations based on a programmatic method fall under the category of IaC, including: AWS CloudFormation Azure Resource Manager Helm Charts Progress Chef Puppet Red Hat Ansible Terraform IaC has altered the process of deploying environments for online services and applications. Rather…

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Azure vs AWS Developer Tools

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Azure vs AWS Developer Tools

Cloud computing has evolved to become the foundation for most organizations’ data, workload storage, and operations. Advancements in cloud technologies has been a critical driver of digital transformation, accelerating growth and productivity while reducing the operational costs of manual processes. This has enabled enterprises to scale easily without the headache of the physical addition of on-premises servers. There are several cloud vendors that organizations use to achieve this. The most dominant leaders are Amazon Web…

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes (EKS) vs Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes (EKS) vs Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source system that simplifies container orchestration through several built-in features. Without a tool like Kubernetes, it would be almost impossible to manually deploy and manage containers using command line on a large scale. How to manage Kubernetes Kubernetes requires high-level skills to deploy, configure, and manage a cluster. Many organizations lack the in-house resources needed to make the most of Kubernetes — and those that do have the resources…

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6 AWS Sustainability Pillar Principles

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Unlocking Serverless with AWS Lambda and IAM

What is the Sustainability Pillar? The latest addition to the AWS Well-Architected Framework aims to help you use environmental best practices for cloud computing. By following the six design principles and architectural best practices, organizations will be able to improve their carbon footprint while balancing cost, security, agility, reliability, and operational excellence. Sustainability in the cloud Sustainability is a hot topic. By moving to the AWS Cloud, your company is already reducing its carbon footprint….

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