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Lawton Pittenger

Author: Lawton Pittenger

Lawton is an Associate Solution Architect focused on AWS security services. Professionally, Lawton has worked in IT security roles, leading compliance initiatives and managing infrastructure environments. Today, he enjoys helping customers build the most secure and durable solutions for their use case.

Simplifying policy management with URL and Domain Category filtering on AWS Network Firewall

Network administrators face a persistent challenge: maintaining domain blocklists and allowlists that keep pace with the internet. New websites and services emerge daily, and keeping these lists current requires constant manual updates that leave gaps in coverage. This challenge intensifies when managing access to rapidly evolving categories like AI services, where new tools launch on […]

Protect against advanced DNS threats with Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall

Every day, millions of applications seamlessly connect users to the digital services they need through DNS queries. These queries act as an interface to the internet’s address book, translating familiar domain names like amazon.com into the IP addresses that computers use to appropriately route traffic. The DNS landscape presents unique security challenges and opportunities in […]