Category: AWS Well-Architected Framework

Data security is a top priority for customers using AWS cloud services. Based on customer input, AWS has “designed-in” methods enabling customers to automate common security workflows such as password rotation. The principals of this automation follows the AWS Well-Architected Framework which helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for a variety […]

Planning for disaster recovery (DR) is a critical component of any IT operations practice. Applications that run on AWS benefit from the reliability that is built into the platform. However, they can still be impacted by from natural disasters, technical failures, and accidental or malicious human actions. Consequently, implementing best practices around disaster recovery is […]

One of the design principles to build reliable workloads is to test your recovery procedures. While this is a challenging task in traditional environments (i.e., on-premises), it’s much easier on the cloud because you can predict how your application fails and simulate a failure. You can then validate how your people, technology, and processes work […]