AWS Security Blog
Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance
AWS Security Profiles: Brittany Doncaster, Solutions Architect
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]
AWS Security Profiles: Brigid Johnson, Senior Manager of Product Management
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]
AWS Security Profiles: Eric Brandwine, VP and Distinguished Engineer
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long you have been at AWS, and what you do in your current role? I’ve […]
AWS Security Profiles: Ben Potter, Security Lead, Well-Architected
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]
How to create and retrieve secrets managed in AWS Secrets Manager using AWS CloudFormation templates
Updated November 15, 2018: We added information to make variables more clear in the sample template. AWS Secrets Manager now integrates with AWS CloudFormation so you can create and retrieve secrets securely using CloudFormation. This integration makes it easier to automate provisioning your AWS infrastructure. For example, without any code changes, you can generate unique […]
Using AWS Firewall Manager and WAF to protect your web applications with master rules and application-specific rules
Jeff Barr’s blog post introducing AWS Firewall Manager describes how you can centrally manage a set of web application firewall rules to protect all the applications in an AWS Organization. This blog post will take you through the specific steps to implement firewall rules using both AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) and AWS Firewall […]
AWS Security Profiles: Don “Beetle” Bailey, Senior Principal Security Engineer; Brian Wagner, FSI Compliance Specialist
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]
A simpler way to assess the network exposure of EC2 instances: AWS releases new network reachability assessments in Amazon Inspector
Performing network security assessments allows you to understand your cloud infrastructure and identify risks, but this process traditionally takes a lot of time and effort. You might need to run network port-scanning tools to test routing and firewall configurations, then validate what processes are listening on your instance network ports, before finally mapping the IPs […]
New Podcast: Preview the security track at re:Invent, learn what’s new and maximize your time
There are about 60 security-focused sessions and talks at re:Invent this year. That’s in addition to more than 2,000 other sessions, activities, chalk talks, and demos planned throughout the week. We want to help you get the most out the event and maximize your time. That’s why we’re previewing the security track and highlighting what’s […]
AWS Security Profiles: Becky Weiss, Senior Principal Engineer
In the weeks leading up to re:Invent, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]