AWS Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
Category: Application Integration
Using AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter and AWS Config for compliance monitoring
In this post, I show how AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter can be used to centrally record and mitigate alerts from AWS Config. When AWS Config detects a resource that is out of compliance, an OpsItem is created. This OpsItem is used to track details of the noncompliant resource, record investigative actions, and provide access to […]
Send real-time alerts about application anomalies using AWS X-Ray insights
Today AWS X-Ray launches support for notifications to its insights. This means that on an X-Ray group where insights are enabled, you can now configure notifications to be sent to Amazon EventBridge. Through the use of anomaly detection, AWS X-Ray helps you analyze and debug distributed applications. AWS X-Ray Insights uses anomaly detection to create actionable insights […]
How BBVA USA delivered security and governance at scale using management tools
As BBVA USA began its digital transformation journey, the security operations team had to improve its processes around provisioning and baselining of AWS accounts. The demand for new AWS accounts continued to increase from multiple application teams within the bank. In an effort to standardize new accounts within the enterprise, BBVA USA built an automated […]
Auto-populate instance details by integrating AWS Config with your ServiceNow CMDB
Introduction Many AWS customers either integrate ServiceNow into their existing AWS services or set up both ServiceNow and AWS services for simultaneous use. One challenge in this use case is the need to update your configuration management database (CMDB) when a new spin-up instance appears in AWS. This post demonstrates how to integrate AWS Config […]