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Aligning AWS security capabilities with standards and security frameworks for the Betting and Gaming industry – Part 2

Aligning AWS security capabilities with standards and security frameworks for the Betting and Gaming industry – Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, we described how AWS security best practices, using the AWS Security Improvement Program (SIP) and the Security pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, can help Betting and Gaming operators strengthen foundational cloud security, covering information security, identity and access management, audit and logging, network security, and multi-account strategy. Part 2 turns to gaming-specific controls and resilience: geolocation, random number generation, responsible gaming and anti-fraud, change management, and disaster recovery.

Player profiles to leaderboards: Choosing the right AWS database, Part 1

Player profiles to leaderboards: Choosing the right AWS database, Part 1

This is the first post in a series that will discuss the foundational data workloads: player profiles, inventory, session management, and content configuration. Part 2 addresses live operations and social features: leaderboards, matchmaking, chat, social graph, and game analytics.

Player profiles to leaderboards: Choosing the right AWS database, Part 2

Player profiles to leaderboards: Choosing the right AWS database, Part 2

In this post, we continue with the real-time, social, and analytical workloads: leaderboards, matchmaking, chat, social graph, and game analytics. Each of these has distinct access patterns that require different database choices. This post assumes familiarity with AWS database services and basic game backend architecture.

Games and databases: Tutorials, guides, and other useful resources

Need an online database for your game? Over the last few months, we’ve written a few guides and tutorials to help you get up and running with online databases for various game development scenarios. We thought it would be useful to recap some of this content in case you’ve missed any of it. First Steps […]