Last week in security news: The Center for Internet Security just released an update to the AWS version of their security benchmarks, Introducing message data protection for Amazon SNS, a handy guide on the ordered steps to take to avoid CloudFront or DNS domain takeovers on AWS, and more!
Show Notes
Links:
- Nick Frichette wrote an incredibly handy guide on the ordered steps to take to avoid CloudFront or DNS domain takeovers on AWS.
- This handy walkthrough talks about how to configure something that shrieks its head off whenever someone logs into AWS via the root account.
- The Center for Internet Security just released an update to the AWS version of their security benchmarks, and this approachable post goes through what's new.
- Introducing message data protection for Amazon SNS - This is a bit hard to wrap my head around--then Scott Piper nailed it with "it's Macie for SNS and now I'm wondering what the point of me even is.
- I've talked about Parliament before--it's an AWS IAM linting library. Version 1.6.0 just dropped.
- I'll be in the DC area next week; come by Highline at 7PM and let me buy you a drink / swap stories if you're around.
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